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aahee donu
exactly which
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbaalanga uli
noun cast iron
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
badioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
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basa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbaua
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbedage ina
shallow on the inside
bookmarkbii
adjective semen, ejaculate
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangada haigamaiana
noun worthwhile person
bookmarkdau me
verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkdaumada
verb stare at,observe closely
bookmarkdeai donu
adjective none at all
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdenaa ange maalie
that is exactly right
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkduu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of the canoe mast
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgai ga aha
too bad
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
golomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagabolo
verb to include in one’s will
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkkala
adjective fragrance (esp. of food)
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
llohi
verb erosion of sand or soil (esp. of the beach by wave action)
bookmarklodo hagamau me
adjective selfish with one’s possessions, ungiving
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkme de lodo
noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmuli moni
noun stern
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarkssunu
suck, smoke (cigarettes)
bookmarksua bagu
a stain which has left a dry residue
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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