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aboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbukaliaa
daaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdeelaa
there
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkhaa llau
number four hundred
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard as fast as possible
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagi me
verb pick coconuts
bookmarkhanngoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarklama
a dry coconut leaf
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmagi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting
bookmarksabiningaa lau
seni
sleep
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksomo dae
fully mature coconut apple
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarksui
change, replace
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarkvaenga o de langi
Milky Way
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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