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 | Duu | Stand |
Nukuoro | Tuu | Cut something |
Nukuoro | Dua | Back (of the body) |
Nukuoro | Dua agau | Beyond the reef; pertaining to the open sea |
Nukuoro | Duai | Coconut grater |
Nukuoro | Duai | Old, in the past |
Nukuoro | Duagi | Clean fish (by taking the insides out) |
Nukuoro | Duha | Divide among, division (in arithmetic) |
Nukuoro | Dungagi | Nod (one's head) |
Nukuoro | Duungia | Perfective of dudu "set fire to, burn" |
Nukuoro | Dui | Sew |
Nukuoro | Tuugau i daha | Clitoris |
Nukuoro | Duge | Either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu |
Nukuoro | Dugilima | Elbow |
Nukuoro | Dugi | Punch, hit, strike, pound |
Nukuoro | Dugu | Put, place; leave, put down |
Nukuoro | Dagugu | Many fish spp. including Damselfish, Snapper Phonologically Irregular |
Nukuoro | Duulanga | The place of, the track of something; the sector from which the wind blows |
Nukuoro | Duli | (Pluvialis dominica) |
Nukuoro | Duli | Knee |
Nukuoro | Duliduli | Noise, commotion; hurting of ears from high-pitched noise |
Nukuoro | Dulu/dulu | Ooze |
Nukuoro | Dumuagi | Top of the head, bare hilltop |
Nukuoro | Duna | Larvae of mosquito |
Nukuoro | Dunu | Cook, heat up, boil |
Nukuoro | Duba | Land crab sp |
Nukuoro | Dubua | Person of extraordinary ability |
Nukuoro | Duudae | Excrement |
Nukuoro | Duudagi | Connect up, join on |
Nukuoro | Dudu | Set fire to |
Nukuoro | -u | Second person singular possessive dependent pronoun... |
Nukuoro | Uu | Bundle (e.g. of sticks); numeral classifier for long thin objects |
Nukuoro | Ua/ua | Vein, tendon, artery |
Nukuoro | Uaa. Ua (Crn). | Yes! assent, agree to |
Nukuoro | Ua | Neck |
Nukuoro | Ua/ua (ange) | Crave for (food) |
Nukuoro | Ue | Move something from one place to another; to cause to move (as in starting a machine) |
Nukuoro | Uhi | Replace ridgepole covering of house |
Nukuoro | Uhu/uhu | Fish sp., var. of huuhuu = parrot fish |
Nukuoro | Unga | Hermit crab |
Nukuoro | Unga-goo | Vermetid gastropod sp |
Nukuoro | Ua | Rain |
Nukuoro | He/ui/ | Question carefully |
Nukuoro | Uila | Lightning |
Nukuoro | Nu/ui | Green |
Nukuoro | Uga | Fishing cord |
Nukuoro | Uku | Rub, as with sandpaper |
Nukuoro | Ula | Flame, aflame, burning |
Nukuoro | Ula | Lobster spp |
Nukuoro | Ulahi | Parrot fish |