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alaa ange naa
about that
alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbaa sala
adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkboongia
verb be caught by darkness unexpectedly
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdaakodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
daalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdau haanau
noun a period during which many children areborn
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkde ngago
noun brain
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkeba
noun a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgadinibidi
noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgannui ina
white (of the portion of a woman’s thighshidden under her sarong)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
hadu golaa
a type of hard stone from Pohnpei used to pound sakau
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhano kaba
adjective go immediately
bookmarkhhanga luu vae
spread one’s legs
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmaanga booi
noun a fingerful of booi
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dahi
number eleven
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmau goloa
adjective rich in material possessions
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkme vae
noun shoes,slippers
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkngago
noun brain; egg
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarkoha valaai
adjective to disobey the instructions of a healer
bookmarkoo
adjective fit to (or into)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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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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