Nukuoro English

adjective easily capsizable

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 5

group of islands or atolls.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 351

noun iron (a piece of)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 9

tongue

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb love intensely

noun dead body

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun generation, age set

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 6

adjective soft

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun blanket

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun spouse

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 24

noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun night

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun cat

noun axe

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun daughter

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun a type of coconut tree

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 48

there

noun the youngest child of a couple

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 57

verb fall

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun a person of extraordinary ability

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 65

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

sea cucumber species

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

a kind of ancient song

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 79

goatfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 83

unicorn fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 88

noun groceries, supplies

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

pronoun you (dual)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun hat

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective burned

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb heat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb critical of others

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 104

pronoun each other

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb act like a giant

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 131

a sleeping mat

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 149

a sky covered with rain clouds

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 221

adjective funny, silly

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun house, houses

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun bathroom, toilet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun cave

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun necklace

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

atoll.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 350

placenta

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 237

noun eyelash(es)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (fruit); used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun breadfruit

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 249

verb decreasing

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 98

noun forehead

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

heel

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun hundred dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

childbirth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 259

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 262

adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (pl.)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

verb wish for

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

verb measure off in fathoms

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

adjective long

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

trembling

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 266

pronoun their (for dual, inalienable noun)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

adjective thick (fabric, paper, hair)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun quarter

Speaker: Mina Lekka

number sixty

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective dead

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

menstruation

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 279

adjective hot (weather)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 279

noun labia (vulva)

adjective balding

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun bird

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun tree

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective true

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb to grate

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15

Speaker: Mina Lekka

submarine

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 298

noun hair

naked

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 308

a small knife

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 307

noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 315

a phosphorescent flash in the water

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 318

verb to be continually walked upon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

intensifier very

sleep soundly

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 326

remember what one has heard

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 327

noun t-shirt

Speaker: Mina Lekka

striped (with thin lines)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 330

number nine hundred

verb wash hands

Speaker: Mina Lekka

grow abnormally (having defects)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 331

a wrestling maneuver

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

the corner of the mouth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

noun school

thirsty

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective sleepy

noun thief

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun arrow

noun coconut seed

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15

red-throated frigate bird

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 338

noun coconut water from a young green coconut

Speaker: Mina Lekka

moldy; to have been in place for a long time

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 347