Nukuoro English

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 17

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 fish sp.: wrasse

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective getting fat

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective more-or-less alike

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb dirty (like bela)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun incomplete idea

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noun rag

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noun

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adjective slack (of rope)

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noun the church service at which new members are accepted

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

risky,unreliable

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verb repeatedly smell (something)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

hide and seek (game)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

adjective a sound indicating surprise

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

horizon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 90

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

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verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb to make a child defecate

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verb to put soosoa on a canoe

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noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

atoll.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 350

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun rib

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noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

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verb to roast

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verb having wavy hair

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good at massaging

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 261

oil

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 269

adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun male child

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noun fifty dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective prone to illness

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective sweet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun starfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun small red insect that sucks blood

Speaker: Mina Lekka

riddle, parable

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 291

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

adjective appear clearly

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

rectangular (not square),oval

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973