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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkaasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkaha goi delaa
what was I going to say
bookmarkalaa nei
those now
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdau ama
noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdenei au
it is i
bookmarkdili dagidahi
happening continually but one at a time
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkdugu gee
put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkga dae laa huu
very, too much
bookmarkgelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgubu madila
noun a joint of bamboo
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhaangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkiainei donu
right now
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu somo
noun tree, plant
bookmarkmao denga ssave
a scarcity of ssave
bookmarkmateedea
verb pustular
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmuia
verb be mui
bookmarkniigoi
verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)
bookmarkpii
adjective splashed,sprinkled
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
saavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
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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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