Nukuoro Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 100 entries

To include audio and images with the results, please narrow down your search.

adu hale

noun village, compound (aggregation of houses)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 7

ahi

noun fire

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

aovaa

noun hour

baagea

adjective weak

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

balangi

noun fish sp., tang

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 19

bedi

adjective fat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

boo danuaa

good night

Speaker: Mina Lekka

daagelo

noun February

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dae

intestines

Speaker: Maynard Henry

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 43

damadaane

noun son

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

damana

noun father (formal)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 45

danga loa

noun worm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

dangaloa

earthworm

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dehee

which

Speaker: Mina Lekka

didi

grass skirt

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dubuna

noun grandparents; ancestors

Speaker: Mina Lekka

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

duu-mmea

sea cucumber species

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

gaaginga

noun ladder

Speaker: Mina Lekka

gaanuunu

bosom/breast

Speaker: Maynard Henry

ganae oo

threadfin fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 84

gano dea

the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 85

gava

noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

geu de madangi

a change of wind

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 88

golee

noun seed

Speaker: Mina Lekka

goolo

noun gold

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

gu mmasa

adjective dried

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

gu vela

adjective burned

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

haaele sala

verb spoil (children), bring up (children) badly

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 103

haame / huame

noun coconut, green

hadi bodo

noun breaking of waves at short intervals

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 102

hadu golaa

noun sharpening tool

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Hadu lehu

the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 102

hagalueia

vomit

Speaker: Maynard Henry

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 199

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 221

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 228

hai soa

friendship

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 391

haiva dee agona

sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 231

hano ge

verb leave

Speaker: Mina Lekka

huaa bodu

noun family

huaa gulu

noun breadfruit

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 245

i de boo

at night

Speaker: Mina Lekka

ili

verb blow

Speaker: Mina Lekka

laaga

noun November

Speaker: Mina Lekka

laangai buusagi

a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 252

langa

verb weave

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 256

leva

noun river

Speaker: Mina Lekka

lili

adjective mad at, angry

Speaker: Mina Lekka

llanea

adjective plenty; a lot, many

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

lodobaubau

adjective sad

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

lolo

oil

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

luu aagu

pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

luu oo

pronoun your (singular; for dual, inalienable noun)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

maadau

hook, fishhook

Speaker: Mina Lekka

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 270

madaanga hulu maa siva

number nineteen

madalua maa lima

number twenty five

madangi

noun air

madangi

noun storm

mahi

powerful

Speaker: Mina Lekka

mai moni

a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 383

maingaa

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

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 283

malili de biho

adjective balding

Speaker: Mina Lekka

manuhi

noun hemorrhage

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

mee hagaangiangi

mee hagaangiangi

noun fan

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

mmili

verb to grate

Speaker: Mina Lekka

modo

adjective unripe

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 297

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 298

mouli danuaa

easy living, a good life

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 299

neveneve

noun spider

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

ngadi ngavesi

an empty box

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 309

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 312

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

samouli

noun Nukuoro deity

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

saniba

silversides

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 321

siili

a stick used in a children’s game

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 328

sinaina

verb having white hair

Speaker: Mina Lekka

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 331

ssala

verb find

Speaker: Mina Lekka

ssomo

suck one’s finger

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 334

ssunu

suck, smoke (cigarettes)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

sumu ina

to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 336

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 72

taina daane odogu damana

noun paternal uncle

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

talinga

noun ear

tamana odogu damana

noun paternal grandfather

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

tangada agoago

noun teacher

Speaker: Mina Lekka

tangada mange

now you’ve done it!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 73

tangada ssele

stupid ass!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 73

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 74

uliuli

adjective black

Speaker: Mina Lekka

useahi

smoke, steam

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 344

valaai tao

dye

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 347

There are currently 2368 entries, 1082 audio files, and 59 images.

All content copyright © Nukuoro community. (2013-2018)
Dictionary produced by Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin, Emily Drummond, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison.
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
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

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

Supported by