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aapulu
adjective sink all at once
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
baalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdaane gasia
noun a person who is useful to others
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdaiao age
the following morning
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdaudu
noun fishsp.: spinypuffer
bookmarkdee galemu
never mind, don’t bother
bookmarkdeeai
adjective
doo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu-mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarke hia
how many
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgango
adjective burned (overcooked food)
bookmarkgannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagaduulou
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhagaseenga
noun way of just being able to
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhai dama
adjective pregnant
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
hine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhoe pale
noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
huuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkilihia ssave
adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmadalua maa dahi
number twenty one
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
malianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
masaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoana
noun open sea, the atmosphere
bookmarkmodu taalonga
adjective to escape (of fish, after having been speared)
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkohu
verb a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksali gee
flow away
bookmarksila
look for
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
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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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