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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkaalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkalobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbagia
verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)
bookmarkbalu moso
adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbulu giidagi
noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagi ala
adjective go around aimlessly
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdangoa
verb grabbed,fallen upon
bookmarkdanuaa ange
goodfor, better than
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdee maeva
not present, absent
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdiingia
verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdili uda
adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
bad-mannered
bookmarkdua nnui
noun violence; a type of rope
bookmarkdua saali
noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkduuhuli
verb
a type of wave
gaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
gau
noun handle,appendage
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkgoinga o tai
noun high-watermark
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgu dee galemu
recovering from an illness (getting better)
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkhaaide
verb measure (exactly)
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagaava age
be relieved for a short time
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagasoe ange
aim at
bookmarkhai gaavenga
adjective restless (of a child)
bookmarkhale pono
noun prison, jail
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
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhua gulu
noun breadfruit (singular)
bookmarklalo de langi
beyond the horizon, far away from theatoll
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmaalioso
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmada galisi
noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmagau de laa
weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)
magi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkmilosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkoda
noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
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Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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