Nukuoro Talking Dictionary

Nukuoro

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

noun handheld fan

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

moni [+]

noun canoe

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

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

lodo haa [+]

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

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

ubu [+]

noun hard brown coconut shell

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

sinsia [+]

noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

huaamee daahaa [+]

noun second stage of a green coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

daahaa [+]

noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

gadiou [+]

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

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

hagadagado [+]

to draft (a carving)

hue [+]

generic term for "fern"

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

hagahala [+]

noun sleeping mat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

sambagidaa [+]

noun plant species with small white flowers

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

taumee [+]

noun bud of the coconut palm

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

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

bugaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry tree; Morinda citrifolia L.

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

ango [+]

noun yellow root, used to treat bruises; tumeric root

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

manu lauligi [+]

decorative plants used to build boundary walls

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

dugidugi tugi lau [+]

noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

mada duai [+]

noun tool used to grate coconuts

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

tabagau [+]

noun mat woven from coconut palm

gulu [+]

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

dilobuna [+]

growing coconut sapling

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

dalo [+]

noun soft taro

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

hui hala [+]

ripe pandanus

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

hanga [+]

noun coconut husker

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

daagoli [+]

noun hard taro

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

gaibea haahine [+]

female crab

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

gaulama [+]

noun thick spine of coconut palm leaf

baeao [+]

noun coconut husk

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

pelaoaa [+]

local bread

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

gaibea daane [+]

male crab

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

gahudi [+]

noun banana

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

golee bukaliaa [+]

noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

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

somo [+]

noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

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

hale de henua [+]

thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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

ssao [+]

to sweep

dugidugi [+]

noun tool used to mash food

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

bele [+]

imported plant species, similar to cabbage

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

daahaa modomodo [+]

noun third stage of a green coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

banibani [+]

noun sea cucumber

Contributor: Vern & Soulik 1973

manu gulu [+]

breadfruit leaves

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

bua maliaa [+]

noun plant species with white, five-petaled flowers

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

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

vai geli [+]

well

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

aloage [+]

noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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

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.
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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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version 1.0, 7.2013