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aalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbe hia
how many (according to someone)
bookmarkbogi
verb to plant taro slips
bookmarkbuu
noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdee vasu
fearless (socially); inconsiderate
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
bookmarkdili de lima
to swing one’s arms (when walking)
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadau tugi
adjective punch each other
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagatugu tai
ebbing of tide
bookmarkhai be se manu
promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)
bookmarkhai ganabu
verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhai me mulegi
to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhai soa
friendship
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhale pono
noun prison, jail
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhela
verb spread one’s legs (esp. a woman in the act of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
bookmarkila
verb? a mole (not raised), or other permanent black spot on the skin
bookmarkilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarklaaningi
noun sleeveless shirt
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
maaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmago de me
a worsening condition of the weather
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmalino
adjective calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkme dili uda
noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarkngadi ubu
noun an empty coconut shell used as a container
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
fishing tackle box
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksaali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksago
verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarktao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
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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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