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adudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbaguu
adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdangau-ngudu-aahua
noun
daula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkgahao
noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)
bookmarkgai gi de mahi
eat as much as possible
bookmarkgannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagannamu age
eat a little of
bookmarkhagapago donu
fortunate result
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhaiadaligi
noun the eldest child of the eldest child
bookmarkhelii-lausedi
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhenua monga
noun land (island) of mountains
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarklilo
adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadaa ua
noun drop (of liquid or rain)
bookmarkmagua
adjective thieving
bookmarkmalaia
adjective have luck which is unexpected (esp. bad, in which case considered retribution for past deeds)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkmau
adjective
usual
midia
verb dream about
bookmarkmili
adjective fruitful, fructiferous
bookmarkmomme hagadaahao
noun playground
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ngadi biho
noun head
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarksaabai
verb lift up and carry; carry (a burden)
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarksugimada
the outer corner of the eye
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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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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