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aha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkalo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbalangi
noun fish sp., tang
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdaha de hia maa
about what time is it
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkdange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdaumaha daamada
noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdee lago dae
not really good or sufficient, etc.
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkea age
stop swimming (and come up on land)
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgaha nuui
adjective having green coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgau henua gee
foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
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hagahonu age lodo
feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhhano gi daha
to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkiga
noun fish (archaic, except in compounds)
bookmarkinaho
noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
kaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarklodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkme hakadanga
noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkmodomodo
ngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknoodagi
verb forbidden to use (esp. plants reservedfor the owner’s use by tying the trunk)
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarkpena
verb take precautions
bookmarkpugu
adjective
swollen
se hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
sugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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