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ago i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdauhuli (ange)
noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face
bookmarkdaula de gona
noun
a cord between the naval and the genitals
dogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkgabe
verb gouge out
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgauvae
noun jaw; a set of false teeth
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhiie unu
verb thirsty, be
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklaavea
verb stumble on
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarkloadu
adjective
go (toward the hearer)
lodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaailaba
noun September
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmmea be se gaagose
redhot (literally)
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmomme hai lua
a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found
bookmarkmoomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksobalo
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
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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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