Nukuoro English

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 4

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

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 7

noun taro fibers

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 7

noun dawn

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 10

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 12

noun body

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 13

toenail

Speaker: Maynard Henry

fingernail

Speaker: Maynard Henry

noun dead body

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun rain

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 19

noun pig

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun slipper lobster

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 36

verb pull

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun butterfly fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 57

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 59

verb burn (transitive)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

have diarrhea

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

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 77

wasteful of food

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 81

bird species

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 83

hip

Speaker: Maynard Henry

adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb bathe, shower, swim

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

adjective dirty

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

sand

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 87

noun bat

Speaker: Maynard Henry

chin

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 102

verb critical of others

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 104

verb to make a child urinate

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 155

verb urinate

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb make many thousands

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 181

take special care of, cherish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 189

urinate (piss)

verb hold an election

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 228

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 225

noun bathroom, toilet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun eyelash(es)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

sorcery (made with chants)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 248

overripe coconut apple

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 257

noun pants

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun wrap skirt; sarong

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

indecisive, undecided

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 264

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 265

verb die

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun nipple

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

half-cooked

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 276

adjective cold

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective frequently magalili

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 279

adjective very hot

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun ashes

adjective sparkly; glittery

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 285

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

Source: Mina Lekka

adjective breathing

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun small bird

noun flying insect

adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

Speaker: Mina Lekka

riddle, parable

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 291

the way in which a current moves about

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 293

noun muscle

adjective round, clear in outline

Speaker: Mina Lekka

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 298

noun airplane

verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun spider

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun black bird species (eats fish)

verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

Speaker: Mina Lekka

a phosphorescent flash in the water

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 318

echo

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 323

lion-fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 323

noun coins

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb walk

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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

Speaker: Mina Lekka

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 329

a young breadfruit tree

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 330

adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

Speaker: Mina Lekka

orphaned

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun maternal aunt

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 72

noun maternal grandfather

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

industrious person

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 73

noun paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandmother

noun mother-in-law

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

noun maternal grandmother

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

nurse (at the breast)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 343

a dirty song

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 347