Nukuoro English

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 4

noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 4

kind

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 13

fingernail

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun bag

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun boar

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun boat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun virgin

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun song

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb raise (a flag)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun hand net

Speaker: Maynard Henry

tomorrow

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun (small) piece of, part of

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 43

noun soft taro

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun spear, branch of

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 48

verb hold

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

shoulder

Speaker: Maynard Henry

be quiet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

adjective blind

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

that one where you are

those ones over there (plural)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun giant

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 59

flatten out something mushy

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 79

verb have itch

a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 79

reef heron - white phase

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p.87

noun dog flea

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun breadfruit tree

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

chin

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun gem

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 102

verb to be quiet

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 140

verb to treat as an eldest child

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 142

noun sleeping mat

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

risky, dangerous

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 181

low wages, low-priced

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 199

verb think

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 204

verb hold an election

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 228

sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 231

noun bath house

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun flatfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 232

noun cave

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun family

rib

Speaker: Maynard Henry

verb swim

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun November

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun wood

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun forehead

heel

Speaker: Maynard Henry

verb weave

noun hundred dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective ripe; the yellow color of softness of fruit (indicating ripeness)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

number five

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

verb weave

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

competitive, envious, desious of retaliating

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 264

a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 266

trembling

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 266

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

verb open (intransitive, pl.)

Example: Denga abaaba gu maahuge. (The doors are open.)

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

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 270

number twelve

noun tip of coconut palm leaf

noun January; small dipper

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun headache

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective beautiful

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb arrive

adjective the sound of something being chewed

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

adjective frequently manuhi

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

noun time

noun pain

Speaker: Mina Lekka

goatfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 295

adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun black bird species (eats fruit)

milk teeth, deciduous teeth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 304

adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)

yes

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb fry

verb walked upon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

flying fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 320

verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)

verb bleed

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb grate, make into small pieces

damn it!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

push violently

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

adjective wet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

shark (euphemism)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

noun brother in law

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

turtle ribs, used as knives in rituals

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 340

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 341

drinking party

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 343

adjective small (for plural noun)

like

noun sea urchin

Speaker: Mina Lekka