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aha goi
what next
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasa gi lunga
speak loudly
bookmarkbogi
verb to plant taro slips
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdalahalu
noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)
bookmarkdaula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkdee dau ia
it’s ok
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
donu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkduulanga
noun the place of, the track of (something)
bookmarkgaalauanga
gaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgada gimoo
adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgio
noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabaulia
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai de eidu
one of two children’s games
hai huaabodu
treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkkana adu
perhaps; watch yourself
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
lau iho laa
those of small size
bookmarklaumele
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarklunga age
up a little
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
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mada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
manaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmataia
soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkmilosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmuaamoni
a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkne hia
how many has it been
bookmarkngudu malie
eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarksaa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarkseni
sleep
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
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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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