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aahee ai
then which
bookmarkabi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkaboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbeaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkbenu
noun a pandanus plug after it has been chewed; seed of the pandanus
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdaohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
donu huu
only,just (no more than)
bookmarkdua dama
verb the pallor of a female following childbirth
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgumi
noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagahaa (ina)
verb make a total of four
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhai 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
bookmarkhemuu
adjective talk to one another
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhilo hagamaasui
verb
to braid sennit with the left hand;
hodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
kangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmanava duuia
adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkminede
noun minute
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmmade ange aalanga
adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmuliagina
adjective last,final
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarkngudu leidi
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarknounu
odaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoha
break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksigale
scull (a boat)
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ssuonioni
sand
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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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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