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The Nukuoro Talking Dictionary currently has 7247 entries, with 1078 audio files and 74 images.
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hagammuni [+]

verb    hide (something) from

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

alaa loo [+]

   those (there) were the ones

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

koomu [+]

noun    comb

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

goloa labagau [+]

noun    carpenter’s tools

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

lavalava lau manu [+]

   a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hhogi [+]

   a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 239

dagua [+]

verb    say

Speaker: Mina Lekka

llau [+]

number    one hundred

Speaker: Mina Lekka

gaimee [+]

verb    eat (intransitive)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

malingi [+]

adjective    spilled, poured out

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

loua ama [+]

verb    to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagatanu iho [+]

adjective    take a nap

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

galo [+]

noun    fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

adu modu [+]

noun    atoll (group of islets)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

gana [+]

noun    bad person

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

dugidugi tugi lau [+]

noun    tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

aoa-laosedi [+]

noun    gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagausiusi [+]

verb    becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

siilinga a muna [+]

noun    trial or formal inquiry

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hadu alo [+]

noun    the bottom portion of a fish

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

dagimomo [+]

adjective    few for each one

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

ngaangaa-ulu [+]

noun    hair of the head

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

manigangi [+]

adjective    satisfied completely in sexual intercourse

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

gili ulunga [+]

noun    pillowcase

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

kano [+]

noun    meat

Speaker: Maynard Henry

daadaa [+]

verb (transitive)    carve (something)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

tino [+]

noun    piece; share

gau dahi [+]

adjective    a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

maomao [+]

   more and more; diminshing rainfall

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

beau [+]

noun    wave, the surf

Speaker: Maynard Henry

maanegabo [+]

adjective    energetic

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

halehale me [+]

adjective    a developing situation

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

haahaula age de me [+]

   become bright (with morning sunlight)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

gabe manava [+]

adjective    eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

haalo [+]

verb    extend one’s hand, reach out; to expect things from others, and accept too readily

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

lodo gi lunga [+]

   ambitious for a superior position

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 264

sabala [+]

adjective    willing to

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hauhausanga [+]

noun   

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

mada gelegele [+]

noun    male child

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagamele [+]

verb   

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

dogoduli [+]

adjective    crouch on all fours

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

geugeu [+]

verb    shake one’s head back and forth;

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagadaahanga [+]

verb    lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

me dau [+]

noun    thing of importance,worthwhile

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

ssee de hiigai [+]

   famished, ravenous

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

lodo baubau [+]

adjective    angry

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

agilau [+]

verb    pugnacious

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

danuaa loo [+]

   ok (good)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

longohie [+]

adjective    big around, fat

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

momme [+]

   a place

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 297

denaa naa loo [+]

   that seems to be it; that could be it

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

anei ai [+]

   these (here) only

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

olaa [+]

   a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 314

massaganga [+]

verb    to be very dry

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

mee mmala [+]

noun    gallbladder

daumaha dalodalo [+]

noun    prayer service (church)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

gubu vae [+]

   foot, ankle

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 94

hagasebaga [+]

verb    make a total of ten billion

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagaaugaua [+]

verb    cause to be infected

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

daelodo odi ange [+]

   evennumber

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hine huuhua [+]

noun    pregnant woman

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

lima [+]

   hand

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

masugi [+]

adjective    having a hole, pierced

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

valaai tao [+]

   dye

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 347

hagaingoo ai [+]

   called by (named)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

malinolino [+]

verb    <= malimalino>

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

olaa [+]

adjective    a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

haidama [+]

verb, adjective    pregnant

Speaker: Mina Lekka

madaanga hulu maa lua [+]

number    twelve

hagammuni iho [+]

adjective    keep to oneself (what one has done)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

moe [+]

adjective    round

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dala [+]

noun    birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

baguu de laa [+]

   past noon

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 18

gau hadu [+]

   the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 86

heduge [+]

noun    slate-pencil urchin

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 235

nau [+]

noun    plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

daane dau [+]

noun    a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

lipaidonga [+]

noun    mollusksp.: turbo petholatus

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagammene dua [+]

verb    go backwards (esp. a canoe)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hale [+]

noun    house, houses

Speaker: Mina Lekka

giado manu [+]

noun    the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hoo senga [+]

adjective    shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

lauvinivini [+]

verb    having kinky hair

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

gannui mada makaga [+]

   gannui which is firm

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

daahaa mada makaga [+]

   the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

molo [+]

verb    to make a knot of hair

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

daagami [+]

noun    bodyguard, soldier

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 34

inaho [+]

noun    a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

ganabu [+]

noun    the base of a coconut tree trunk

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

soe [+]

adjective    straight, not crooked; level

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

muna o de henua [+]

   a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 301

gulu daladala [+]

   breadfruit with rough skin

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

mulegi [+]

   show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973, Speaker: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 300

magua [+]

adjective    thieving

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

aoaoa [+]

verb    habitually remain up until daybreak

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hoa lalo [+]

noun    anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

aasii [+]

noun    drum (native)

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

hagaalahenua [+]

verb    provide land for

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

tamana odogu bodu [+]

noun    father-in-law

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

saesaelea [+]

verb    to be continually walked upon

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

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All content copyright © Nukuoro community. (2013-2018)
Dictionary produced by Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin, Emily Drummond, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison.
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016. Nukuoro Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/nukuoro

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There are currently 7247 entries, 1078 audio files, and 74 images.

All content copyright © Nukuoro community. (2013-2018)
Dictionary produced by Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin, Emily Drummond, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison.
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016. Nukuoro Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/nukuoro

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