Nukuoro Talking Dictionary

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agau

noun reef (the portion which is sometimes under water)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

ahi

noun fire

Speaker: Maynard Henry

au

pronoun your (singular; for plural, alienable noun)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 17

basa

verb speak

Speaker: Mina Lekka

buliaamu

adjective sad

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

dago

noun ritual activites, religious activities

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 40

dagodoanga

noun expose oneself to the sun

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 40

deenei

noun this

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dibadiba

adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

didi

grass skirt

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 59

duaanui

noun broom

Speaker: Mina Lekka

duanui

noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf

dugilima

noun elbows

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

gaanunu

noun breast

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 78

galo ahi

sparks

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 83

gava-uli

reef heron - grey phase

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 87

geegeno

noun crocodile

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

gili

skin

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 90

gili manusomo

noun bark

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

giligili tai

horizon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 90

goa

noun termite

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 91

haa daha

noun the outer coconut palm frond

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 99

haa mee

noun coconut for drinking

Speaker: Maynard Henry

hadu

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

hagaalongaa

verb to be quiet

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 131

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 140

hagahonu age lodo

verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 155

hagalongo imuna

verb obey

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 175

hagao ngaohie

inexpensive

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 201

haidama

adjective pregnant

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hakiuu

noun baseball

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hano ge

verb leave

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hanoo seni

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hhanga

split open, open up, or separate, all at once.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 238

hiigai

adjective hungry

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hili

verb choose

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hua bugalie

hua bugalie

noun small green fruit, used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/11/15

Speaker: Mina Lekka

huaamee mugamuga

huaamee mugamuga

noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

ina gi hale

noun a row of thatch

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 250

kaagi

adjective brown

Speaker: Mina Lekka

laaningi

noun sleeveless shirt

lai

noun forehead

lima

number five

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

limasisi

noun pinky finger

llau mano

hundred thousands

Speaker: Mina Lekka

lode

inside

lodo gaiaa

competitive, envious, desious of retaliating

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 264

lua llau

number two hundred

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 268

maaidigi

noun August

Speaker: Mina Lekka

maaili

adjective fast

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

maanegabo

energetic

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 270

maava

yawn

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 271

madalua maa lima seene

noun quarter

Speaker: Mina Lekka

mahuge

verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

maingaa

miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 283

mami

verb taste (of something)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 285

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 285

manavanava ~ manamanava

adjective breathing

Speaker: Mina Lekka

manu vaaligi

noun insect

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

manumanu

noun small red insect that sucks blood

Speaker: Mina Lekka

matolu

number thirty

Speaker: Mina Lekka

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 300

musu

verb whisper(ing)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 301

odo

verb thatch

olo

an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 315

olonoa

sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 315

onge

famine

Speaker: Mina Lekka

ono

number six

Speaker: Mina Lekka

saalohia

verb hungry, be

Speaker: Mina Lekka

sanga

fornicate, have sexual intercourse

Speaker: Mina Lekka

senga

crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 326

senga manu

stupid (like an animal)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 326

seni gi de ao

sleep late (into daytime)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 326

siilinga a muna

trial or formal inquiry

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 328

songagi

a bad sort of person

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 331

ssee de hiigai

famished, ravenous

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

sseu

push violently

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

sugi de ngudu

the corner of the mouth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

taina gauligi ahine

noun younger sister

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

tino boo

full moon (a period comprising two nights)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 74

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 74

tuu banibani

noun sea cucumber

Speaker: Mina Lekka

ula

noun lobster

Speaker: Mina Lekka

umidi

adjective hungry for fish or meat

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Unu

the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character

Speaker: Mina Lekka

vaasuu

verb like someone or something, feel affection for

Speaker: Mina Lekka

vaivai

intensifier too; overly

vasega

apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 348

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how to cite: Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016. Nukuoro Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/nukuoro

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