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noun infant
adjective come ashore early in the morning
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
sufficient for
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place
verb repeatedly grubbing
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
these (there) only
adjective clear (not opaque or blurred); shiny (translucent)
adjective half-crazy
adjective spacious
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
make a hau
adjective make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
noun mollusksp.: conus litteratus
noun fishsp.: goby
adjective easily mounu
make do with
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
wait!
childbirth
aim at
verb attack by surprise or stealth; ambush
noun Sunday
the coconut meat remaining in a germinated coconut after the coconut apple has been removed
noun leader (between fishing line and hook)
the flower of the coconut tree
those there were enough
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
diminish (in intensity)
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
adjective make noise repeatedly
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
verb covered with gamu
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
verb to shake (something) back and forth
oil
noun tarospade
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
adjective becoming lighter in color
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
talk back
noun a lie (an untruth)
argue heatedly,fight
noun mollusksp.: turbo petholatus
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
famine
adjective a sound indicating surprise
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
adjective an access (of emotion or sensory impression)
verb cause to become alomalie
release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
adjective
noun open sea, the atmosphere
get out
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
verb scare away,chase away
noun land animal
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
those now
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
half of a clam shell
seasick
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
verb pray
becoming stormy (of the sea)
noun falsehood,lie
the’falling of thunder’
adjective having a tendency to take by force
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
adjective shape of,form of
eat
noun male child
verb scratched (of something solid only)
noun drop (of liquid or rain)
turn one’s attention away from
almost none
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
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Dictionary produced by Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin, Emily Drummond, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison.
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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