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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkadu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkaloage
alobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanei ai loo
these then are
bookmarkanga gee
turn one’s attention away from
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbooiaa
adjective do something shameful (for shame)
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdao
noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)
bookmarkdao hadu
verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduudae
noun feces
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkeu doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaagose
sea cucumber
bookmarkgai gi de mahi
eat as much as possible
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhaiadaligi
noun the eldest child of the eldest child
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhelau
verb sorcery
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhhuge iho
adjective an opening in the clouds
bookmarkhonga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
huaamee mugamuga
huuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkmaahuge
maaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada gi lodo
adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu ina
adjective <= manua>
bookmarkmanu somo
noun tree, plant
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
moomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarkodomalie
adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkpogo
verb crumpled up
bookmarksaa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaelea
verb walked upon
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksaulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
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bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
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Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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