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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkabadai
european
aloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdenaa loo
that was the one
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of Nukuoro atoll
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkeligi
adjective
chief of the island ()
gabea
verb (in angling) the failure of a bait bundle to come untied and release the bait
bookmarkgadaha
noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgauligi hahine
noun female child,girl
bookmarkgu hia
how many was it
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagamabu
verb die (euphemistic); take a break
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai ganabu
verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhakaa tuai
to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhedau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: alexandrianlaureltree (calophyllum inophyllum l.)
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhhanga lua
verb split in two
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkkadi gauvae
adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)
bookmarkloada
noun sputum
bookmarklodo daemaha
adjective feel unhappy or sad
bookmarkmaagila
verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly
bookmarkmada-givi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmao lalo
adjective deep,low (in status)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmua iho (age)
adjective next above (below)
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkobe
eye of thtaro corn
bookmarkogo
verb pick up one at a time (by hand)
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktegi kano
tickled
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
bookmarkvvela de aloha
feel very sorry for
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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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