Nukuoro English

noun one’s first spouse

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 6

noun dawn

Speaker: Maynard Henry

verb full of holes

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machine gun

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

adjective ugly-looking

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

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noun priest

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

stilts; walk on stilts

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 64

verb have a good sense of smell

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noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

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noun, preposition hip; beside

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun sand

Speaker: Maynard Henry

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

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verb call (someone)

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verb make many hundreds

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verb study, attempt to memorize

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 184

adjective fly at the same time

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noun pregnant woman

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adjective fill to the brim

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noun hive, nest

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

be in charge of, control, lead

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adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)

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adjective look (funny)

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verb warm oneself by the fire

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verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

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adjective tall; long

rumor

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

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

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

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adjective industrious

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verb chew

Speaker: Mina Lekka

half-cooked

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 276

adjective frequently magalili

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 279

adjective very hot

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb warmed up

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adjective sweet-talker

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adjective happy

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

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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

adjective barely cooked

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verb be nebunebu

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adjective walk barefoot,stroll

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verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

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adjective walk (for recreation)

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adjective slippery

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb to walk off-balance

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 323

verb striped (with thin lines)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973