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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaahee huu
then which
bookmarkalaa donu
those there only
bookmarkanaa muhuu
how about those
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
buni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdau haanau
noun a period during which many children areborn
bookmarkde hine dabeo
a menstruating woman
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdenei laa ()
this is that (is this that)
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
dui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgoloa de henua
noun gear of local manufacture
bookmarkgubulima
noun wrist
bookmarkgumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
hagaanu
verb cause to dance or sway
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahidi i tege
to throw a wrestler using one’s hip
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhenuu
placenta
bookmarkhholu
verb bend
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkhonu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhua-dolo
noun plantsp.: vine (any sort)
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
ilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadalama
noun Nukuoro (colloquial term)
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
magaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun labia (vulva)
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
a file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkme hagasili
a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkminede
noun minute
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuliagina
adjective last,final
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpala boo maasina
the time of the month when rain is most likely to occur (1st quarter)
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarksavini gee
run away
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksio
noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksui
change, replace
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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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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