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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkalaa ange naa
about that
ama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdangada mai i daha
relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.
bookmarkdangi see
adjective cry aloud for a long time, wail
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
danngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdao me hholu
noun arrow (for a bow)
bookmarkdau hoohanga
verb the season during which birds lay eggs
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdiingia
verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgiado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhaele
verb bringup (children), discipline (children)
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabiho
verb cause to become a leader
bookmarkhagadau aaloha
adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagaseloo
verb make a total of one million
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhenua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
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huuhuna
adjective
hide
igohi
verb firetongs
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa hidu
number seventeen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmalo-ngiso
noun
driftwoodsp.
malui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkngudu malie
eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarksabini
verb to wrap around
bookmarksaiolo
noun
a sail
saugalo
verb stir
bookmarksavali
verb hungry
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksebu
adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkuli
adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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