Entries from Carroll & Soulik 1973 in Pollex-Online
Carroll, V. and T. Soulik (1973). Nukuoro Lexicon. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nukuoro | Bae | An arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc. |
| Nukuoro | Bakau | Wing, shoulder |
| Nukuoro | Dai | Salt Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Bagia | Be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc) |
| Nukuoro | Pagola | Bad luck, punishment |
| Nukuoro | Bagu | Scab, crust |
| Nukuoro | Baguu. Paku (Crn). | Fall over, as felled tree |
| Nukuoro | Balangi | Tang |
| Nukuoro | Balalaa/nga | Sound of sucking liquid, coitus |
| Nukuoro | Uli bela | Jet black |
| Nukuoro | Baalasi | Press down or against, sit on (as a chicken hatching eggs) |
| Nukuoro | Balu | Fish sp |
| Nukuoro | Bane | Flat top of shark snout |
| Nukuoro | Paopao | Double-ended single outrigger with two booms |
| Nukuoro | Baba | The board on which mats are plainted |
| Nukuoro | Baba | Level (not bumpy), any sort of flat base, the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc. |
| Nukuoro | Baba | Fish sp |
| Nukuoro | Babu-daaea | Fish sp., Snapper (= small daea) |
| Nukuoro | Babu/-hoga-agau | Fish sp., two sorts, one white, one red |
| Nukuoro | Baasi | Side, half |
| Nukuoro | Baasua. Pasua (Crn). | Tridacna maxima |
| Nukuoro | Pada | Coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc |
| Nukuoro | Badu | Hit/tap with hand/foot, kick |
| Nukuoro | Haga/bau | Figure out, determine; measure, calculate, estimate |
| Nukuoro | Be...be | Either...or |
| Nukuoro | Beau | A wave, the surf |
| Nukuoro | Behee | Like what? |
| Nukuoro | Bela | Plot of taro, boggy soil |
| Nukuoro | Bela/bela | Dirty (like bela) |
| Nukuoro | Belubelu | Fish sp |
| Nukuoro | Pena | Take precautions |
| Nukuoro | Benu | Pandanus key after being chewed |
| Nukuoro | Bebe | Butterfly |
| Nukuoro | Bese | Harmony part in old chants |
| Nukuoro | Bedi | Fat, plump |
| Nukuoro | Pii/a | Get wet |
| Nukuoro | Bii | Ejaculate; semen |
| Nukuoro | Bie | Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Bigi/bigi/a | Covered with something sticky |
| Nukuoro | Bigi | Caught between two other things |
| Nukuoro | Bigo | Bent |
| Nukuoro | Bili/bili | Caught up as a falling tree |
| Nukuoro | Belu. Pilu (Crn). | Lizard sp. Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Bibi | (Cyclotinella remies), tellinidae spp |
| Nukuoro | Biho. Piho (Crn). | Head; body of a trolling lure Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Bido | Extremity |
| Nukuoro | Boo | Night |
| Nukuoro | Boo | Grab (with one's hand); hold (in one's hand); capture |
| Nukuoro | Boa | Best fish catch of a lifetime Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Nukuoro | Bongaa | That which is hollow (in compounds) |
