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 Dia/dia Make a cover by plaiting/lashing round
Nukuoro Diha Move something by using a lever Problematic
Nukuoro Dihidihi Butterfly fish
Nukuoro Dili Shoot at
Nukuoro Dili A steady stroke, as of an adze
Nukuoro Haga/dili Produce offspring
Nukuoro Dilo Look at, inspect
Nukuoro Dinae Belly
Nukuoro Diinei To extinguish (e.g. a fire, or the life of a plant, or the heat of the sun -- as by clouds)
Nukuoro Dinana Mother, dam
Nukuoro Dinihu Industrious, hard-working
Nukuoro Dino Share of, portion Problematic
Nukuoro Dino Numeral classifier (by tens) for persons
Nukuoro Diba Not level, tipped to one side
Nukuoro Didi Grass skirt of hibiscus fibre or palm leaves
Nukuoro Doo Plant (something)
Nukuoro Doo Get down, get off; fall; drop down
Nukuoro Doo Your
Nukuoro Doo Take up string figure
Nukuoro Doa Giant
Nukuoro Doe Left over, remain
Nukuoro Doha To spread out
Nukuoro Dohe Bivalve mollusc sp.
Nukuoro Dohi/dohi Divide up
Nukuoro Dohu Sufficient, enough; able to cover a given area
Nukuoro Doonga Tools, equipment (including fishing gear)
Nukuoro Dongi/dongi Spotted (covered with spots)
Nukuoro Dongi Peck
Nukuoro Donga Oriental mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza)
Nukuoro Doi Sap of hardwood species from which perfume is made
Nukuoro Doi Stain (permanent); any of a number of hardwood saps, found in driftwood, from which perfume is made
Nukuoro Doga Coral formation
Nukuoro Doga Land on (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
Nukuoro Doga/a Bashful, shy, ashamed, embarrassed
Nukuoro Dogi Adze
Nukuoro Dogo To punt (propel a canoe by poling), punt pole
Nukuoro Dogo- Numeral classifier for person
Nukuoro Leia /togo mouli Hiccough
Nukuoro Dogoduli Crouch on all fours
Nukuoro Dola Erection (of penis)
Nukuoro Doli Obtain as many as one can
Nukuoro Dolo Creep (very slow movement over ground)
Nukuoro Dolo Sugarcane
Nukuoro Dolu. Tolu, toru (Crn). Three
Nukuoro Dona Wart, mole
Nukuoro Donu Real, really; understand; truth, right, correct
Nukuoro Donu Fish species, sea bass
Nukuoro Dohi Strip dilo to make plaited hats Problematic
Nukuoro Dodo Blood
Nukuoro Dotodo Bloody (of person)