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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkabitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkadumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkaha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanaa ange maalie
those are exactly right
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkeba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundary stone
bookmarkhagaalo-uli
verb cause to be dark (of fully mature coconutmeat)
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhaiadaligi
noun the eldest child of the eldest child
bookmarkhaiava
noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhiie unu
verb thirsty, be
bookmarkhiisoa
noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhuna
verb
hide
husi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
ilihia ssave
adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
lili baasi gee
accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanua
verb diseased
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme mmilo
current (in the sea)
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, by and by
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
noho hhanga
adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksagulaa-saamono
noun fishsp.
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
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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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