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aalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkaladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
anaa ange naa
about that
anei loo
these (here) are the ones
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbee
noun flatus, the sound of flatulence
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
daa mouli
take life away from
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdai beau
verb rough seas at a certain time
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdauaalu
verb always borrowing or begging
bookmarkdaula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkdohu ange
sufficient for
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
dona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
duulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of
bookmarke hia
how many
bookmarkgaha biigi
noun a rope for tying pigs
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkhadi bodo
adjective breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadegi
verb praise (god only)
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhenua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklaangai huli de moana
a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarklua-malama
time noun february (’second month’)
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmada nuui
adjective dark green in color
bookmarkmada-givi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngisi
verb a squeaking sound
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkoha
verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksila
look for
bookmarksinga mai (adu, ange)
come carrying
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
ssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkunumanga
drinking party
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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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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