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aamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkaau
verb remove
bookmarkalaa ange
and those there
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkaoa
verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaagia age
to be carried to the shore (of a canoe) by a current or the wind
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkboolaa ange
say boolaa to
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdabanimeeli
adjective payment for medical treatment
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu galeve
adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgiba
verb swelling of the testicles
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgideu
noun plantsp.: fern sp.
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagaheiangi
verb act smart (openly)
bookmarkhagamadua
verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)
bookmarkhai dahi heohi
maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhenua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklangi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmaalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmadadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmai moni
noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarknebu ange
adjective to perceive that others are occupied
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkoho adu
go early
bookmarkoo
adjective fit to (or into)
bookmarkpena
verb take precautions
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksai
verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
solo
verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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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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