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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkanaa sili
those were enough
bookmarkanei naa
these (here) only
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbusi
noun cat
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdangada ssigo
noun clever person
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgaba
adjective flap (as wings)
bookmarkgabaea mai
found hanged (suicide)
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgauna
verb invite
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagadige de madaangudu
a prolonged conversation (on subjects of little importance)
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagassogalia
verb
hakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhenua monga
noun land (island) of mountains
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkhoda
verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
huaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
hulu
noun
hair (on the body)
iho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
lava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmomme aadea
noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)
bookmarkmoni hai gubenga
noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
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bookmarkngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarknngana
adjective loud (noise)
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarkpula
adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarkudo
the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk
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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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