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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkaloo anahee
for how long has this been going on
bookmarkanaa sili
those were enough
bookmarkanga
verb the span of the outstretched thumb and little finger; a measurement of one span
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaa ssalu
adjective carom off violently
bookmarkbaalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbaleao
noun fish sp., milkfish
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbiihingi
verb having flat buttocks, ugly (because not plump)
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagitilo
verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on
bookmarkdali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdeai donu
adjective none at all
bookmarkdee dau ia
it’s ok
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgini hua o hegau
to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
goononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgu malaia donu
to have been lucky
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhaanau
verb born, be
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
bookmarkhagabiho
verb cause to become a leader
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhai dubuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhulu made
noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmadadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmmulu
verb stroke,rub gently
bookmarkmomme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
bookmarkmoni kalo
noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknanumia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknonu
verb filter,sift
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksali
adjective flow, seep
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
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tubuna aahine
noun grandmother
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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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