EnglishThe Nukuoro Talking Dictionary currently has 2368 entries, with 1082 audio files and 59 images.
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noun throat
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
ia
pronoun he, she, it
adjective small (for plural noun)
gu madagu
verb frighten
trembling
hagasaalunga
noun spirit, soul
noun hive (house for animals)
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
beebaa
noun book
hagaualoha
adjective poor
look for
verb learn
haga vela
verb hot, be
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
maanadu
verb think
saabini
verb wrap
hagadubu
verb pay
verb do
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
naked
clap hands
number eight hundred
valu
number eight
verb grate, make into small pieces
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
rust
hai
verb do, make
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
mammami
adjective delicious (general)
Milky Way
reef heron - white phase
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
wasteful of taro when peeling it
sparks
noun crack (of a whip)
hagadau
pronoun each other
biho ngaalulu
headache
adjective sour; bitter
noun minute
noun worth, value
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
wait!
verb to compose songs
noun having lots of roots
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
savale
saliva
gaadinga
noun mature brown coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
an empty box
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
madeea
verb recognize
vaiu
milk
hua manu gai
noun fruit
hoou
adjective new
unstable, poorly balanced
needlefish
camera
noun type of basket
mee doe
verb remain
ulu
verb enter
usu
nose
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
iloha
noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
noun spouse
ngago
brain
noun wrist
luu ooluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
seeha dee na?
what is that?
ssala
verb find
loi mada
noun teardrop
magi
adjective sick
a method of planting mats
verb wear
noun gallbladder
ango
noun pearl
kano
noun meat
noun butterfly fish
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
pipefish
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
mmea
adjective red
adjective hair or feathers standing on end
ou
yes
baabaa tugi lau
noun log on which the pandanus leaf is smashed
malamalali
adjective becoming more and more malali
masole
adjective abraded (skin), scratched
gilaau
pronoun they (dual)
hiihii mada
noun eyelash(es)
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
gili sau
verb undress
reef heron - grey phase
fish sp. tang
huaa gulu
noun breadfruit
salaboi
noun May
madahidu
number seventy
dahuuhuu
noun roof
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
haonga
noun hole
ivi
bone
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).
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
There are currently 2368 entries, 1082 audio files, and 59 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).
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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