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ahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkbabu
adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdahea
adjective
drift
dahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdai seni
adjective sleepy
bookmarkdali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdao hagamaadau
noun a spear with a barb
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdiibanga goo dii
a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkea age
stop swimming (and come up on land)
bookmarkgabea
verb (in angling) the failure of a bait bundle to come untied and release the bait
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgaolama
noun spine of the coconut palm
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgodi mai
adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmark
haangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhagavogi
verb a whistle (made with the lips)
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhesilihaginga haiava
noun intersection
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarknohoa
verb occupied
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkooi
adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksaidule
verb wrapped up or covered up completely
bookmarksambagidaa
sao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
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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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