Nukuoro English

noun ant

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adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun boar

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb flood tide

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb breadfruit season

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun July

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun goods which are bartered

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb add together from different sources

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adjective chase each other

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adjective embarrass people by one’s actions

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verb cause to have more and more galu

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verb sign,mark,signal,omen

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verb hurry,rush

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verb let slip or slide

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wanting always to hagatala

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verb divided into compartments

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to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

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flow of the tide

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective pregnancy

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verb useful for climbing down

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adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective fragrance (esp. of food)

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adjective inclined to be suspicious

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improving condition (of weather)

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number five

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

noun scrotum (whole thing)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb illuminated (by having light shined upon it)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun feast held for a newly launched canoe

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

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number ninety

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

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noun an empty box

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adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)

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noun bad luck; punishment

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree

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dislocated thighbone

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

poor fellow!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 72

stupid ass!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 73

turtle ribs, used as knives in rituals

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 340