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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkamo
verb lift up
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkbou
noun mast (of a canoe)
bookmarkbulu
noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaane masana
noun good one
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdau ama
noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgau
noun handle,appendage
bookmark
gida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkhaadenga
noun measurement
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagadama
verb to treat as a child
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
verb to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagaduu de uinga
to place stakes on the sides of uinga
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahulu
verb make a total of ten
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhilo ange
mix with
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarki hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
ilo
noun worm
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklaso paava
verb skinny (of people)
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkloha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
bookmarkmomme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknnui
adjective
large
odaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
bookmarkvela
burned
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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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