Nukuoro English

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

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verb relate repeatedly

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noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

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adjective aware, alert

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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

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adjective to have been settled for some time

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verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

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noun

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verb covered with something sticky

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noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

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adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

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adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

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adjective conjunctivitis

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noun bravest in war

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noun slipperlobster

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adjective to reach many places

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adjective tending to dagai

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verb pray for

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noun baby, infant

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adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

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verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

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this is it (is this it)

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noun natural mother

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bloody (as of garments)

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noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)

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noun to throw one’s back out of joint

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

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noun apodous sea cucumber

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bubbles

Speaker: Mina Lekka

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

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noun breast

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

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wasteful of food

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noun spongesp. (several spp.)

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mucus

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

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prowl around (to attack)

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verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

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verb cause to hagadibadiba

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verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

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adjective treat as women

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verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

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verb forget purposely

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verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

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an avoidance relationship (between kin)

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verb dilated veins

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verb breastfeed

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

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noun a suspicious character

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adjective go to

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noun pregnant woman

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noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

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verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

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the flower of the coconut tree

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noun the flower of the coconut tree

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adjective fat and squat and ugly

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noun eelsp.

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

verb warm oneself by the fire

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noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

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verb having kinky hair

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

adjective parturition

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adjective mad at, angry

Speaker: Mina Lekka

time noun may (’fifth month’)

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to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

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adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

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noun ten dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

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

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noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

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dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

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adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

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to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

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adjective sweet-talker

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adjective smooth

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective sparkly; glittery

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

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noun fishsp.: lizardfish

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lizard fish

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adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

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noun burned (food)

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noun fishsp.: cornetfish

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

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

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a canoe rigged for galele fishing

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noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

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noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

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damselfish

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noun <= ngudu maimai>

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adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

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noun fishsp.: shark sp.

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say bad things about one to one’s face

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

completely wet all over

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become wet

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush

Speaker: Mina Lekka