Nukuoro English

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 4

first light of the moon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 5

noun iron (a piece of)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 9

verb fish, hunt (during the day)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun toenail

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 13

noun butterfly

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun sow

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun sweat

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun the youngest child of a couple

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 57

noun butterfly fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 57

noun blood

Speaker: Mina Lekka

stilts; walk on stilts

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 64

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 69

bubbles

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun itch

Speaker: Mina Lekka

beard

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

take special care of, cherish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 189

verb breastfeed

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

eyebrow

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun nest

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun hair (not on the head); fur

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

sorcery (made with chants)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 248

verb measure off in fathoms

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

overripe coconut apple

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun wrap skirt; sarong

thumb

Speaker: Maynard Henry

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

verb chew

Speaker: Mina Lekka

half-cooked

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 276

adjective very hot

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective bald

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun male genital organ

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 292

the way in which a current moves about

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 293

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 298

noun hair

lie (tell a falsehood)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 312

adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 315

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

waddle

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 325

verb write

alone

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun teacher

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun mother-in-law

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)