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 | 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 |
| Nukuoro | Bunua | Young bird raised as pet |
| Nukuoro | Buusagi/sagi | Be laden with scent, of air |
| Nukuoro | Busi | Blow with mouth |
| Nukuoro | Budubudu | Crowded together |
| Nukuoro | Budu | The appearance of many fish (or birds or animals that are good to eat) after a death |
| Nukuoro | Saa | Bad |
| Nukuoro | Sae/iho | Tear from top down |
| Nukuoro | Sae | Suffer, be in pain, crave for desperately |
| Nukuoro | Saele | Walk around, wander |
| Nukuoro | Sahe | Any material used to absorb menstrual flow |
