Entries from Carroll & Soulik 1973 in Pollex-Online
Carroll, V. and T. Soulik (1973). Nukuoro Lexicon. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii.
Language | Item | Description |
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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) |
Nukuoro | Bonga | Defective, of fruit |
Nukuoro | Boogia | Be captured, grabbed |
Nukuoro | Pogo | Crumpled up |
Nukuoro | Bogo/bogo | Pushed out of shape, rumpled, crumpled |
Nukuoro | Bole | Angry, as indicated by movement, to be |
Nukuoro | Boli | Take special care of |
Nukuoro | Bolo | Make a will; according to |
Nukuoro | Bolo age | Bequeath |
Nukuoro | Hai bolo | Think that |
Nukuoro | Bona | Knot tied at end of string |
Nukuoro | Bono | Close, block |
Nukuoro | Bobo | Rotten |
Nukuoro | Bodo/bodo | Short |
Nukuoro | Bodu | Spouse |
Nukuoro | Bodu/bodu | Particles of rotten wood, thatch |
Nukuoro | Bou. Pou (Crn). | Mast |
Nukuoro | Bouli | Darkness |
Nukuoro | Buu. Pu (Crn). | Shell trumpet |
Nukuoro | Bua | (Guettarda speciosa) |
Nukuoro | Bui/bui | Keep in (e.g. pigs); keep out (e.g. wind); soak (in water) |
Nukuoro | Buga | (Pisonia grandis) |
Nukuoro | Buge | Bump on tree trunk |
Nukuoro | Bugu | Mons veneris |
Nukuoro | Bula | Flash (n), glance (n); light (a torch) |
Nukuoro | Pula | Light up suddenly; phosphorescent insect sp |
Nukuoro | Pula | Open eyes widely |
Nukuoro | Bulaga | Swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
Nukuoro | Bulabula | Testicles Problematic |
Nukuoro | Bulabula | Have a lot of spots |
Nukuoro | Bule. Pune (Chr). | Cowry shell spp.; vertebra |
Nukuoro | Bule | Cowry |
Nukuoro | Dau/bulebule | Spotted (covered with spots) |
Nukuoro | Buulou | Cover up |
Nukuoro | Buulou | Catch by scooping up |
Nukuoro | Bulu | Short fibres of mature coconut |
Nukuoro | Bulu giidagi | Type of caulking compound made from bulu (short fibres of coconut husk) and sap |
Nukuoro | Bunaa | Eddy, disturbance in water> |
Nukuoro | Buni | Closed up |