Nukuoro Talking Dictionary

Nukuoro

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

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

aloage [+]

noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

ango [+]

noun yellow root, used to treat bruises; tumeric root

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

baeao [+]

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

baluu [+]

noun coconut crab

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

banibani [+]

noun sea cucumber

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

banuunu [+]

noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

bele [+]

imported plant species, similar to cabbage

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

bolobolo [+]

noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

bua maliaa [+]

noun plant species with white, five-petaled flowers

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

bugaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry tree; Morinda citrifolia L.

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

buu ili [+]

noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 07/01/16

daagoli [+]

noun hard taro

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

daahaa [+]

noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

daahaa modomodo [+]

noun third stage of a green coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

dalo [+]

noun soft taro

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

dilobuna [+]

growing coconut sapling

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

dugidugi [+]

noun tool used to mash food

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

dugidugi tugi lau [+]

noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

gaadinga [+]

noun mature brown coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

gaagoo [+]

noun chicken

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

gaalauanga [+]

noun plant species with long green leaves

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

gadiou [+]

noun plant species with red flowers, used to make flower crowns

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

gaga [+]

noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

gahudi [+]

noun banana

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

gaibea daane [+]

male crab

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/14/19

gaibea haahine [+]

female crab

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/14/19

gaulama [+]

noun thick spine of coconut palm leaf

gede [+]

noun basket

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

golee bugaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

golee bukaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

gulu [+]

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

hagadagado [+]

to draft (a carving)

hagadagodo [+]

to draft (a carving)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/14/2019

hagahala [+]

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

hale de henua [+]

thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

hanga [+]

noun coconut husker

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hua bugaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

huaamee [+]

noun young green coconut

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

huaamee daahaa [+]

noun second stage of a green coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

huaamee mugamuga [+]

noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

hue [+]

generic term for "fern"

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

hui hala [+]

ripe pandanus

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/15/19

lau [+]

noun softened pandanus leaf

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

laulau [+]

noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

liholiho [+]

coconut fiber rope

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 6/20/2019

lodo haa [+]

noun branches of the coconut palm (used to make galeve, an alcoholic beverage)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

mada duai [+]

noun tool used to grate coconuts

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

mada duai [+]

coconut husking bench

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/15/19

mada galisi [+]

noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk

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

madaduai [+]

noun tool used to grate coconuts

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

manu gulu [+]

breadfruit leaves

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/15/19

manu lauligi [+]

decorative plants used to build boundary walls

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

mee hagaangiangi [+]

noun handheld fan

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

mee saabini uga [+]

reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

modomodo [+]

noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

moni [+]

noun canoe

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

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

moni madagidagi [+]

old canoes

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

mugamuga [+]

noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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

pelaoaa [+]

local bread

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/15/19

sabiningaa lau [+]

noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

sambagidaa [+]

noun plant species with small white flowers

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

sinsia [+]

noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

somo [+]

noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

ssao [+]

to sweep

tabagau [+]

noun mat woven from coconut palm

tahido o de nui [+]

noun trunk of coconut tree

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

talaa gamu [+]

piece of coral

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

taumee [+]

noun bud of the coconut palm

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

tibidibi [+]

noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

tilo buna [+]

noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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

tolo i nui [+]

noun coconut seed

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

ubu [+]

noun hard brown coconut shell

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

vai geli [+]

well

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

ABOUT

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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