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 | 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 |
| Nukuoro | Uli | Dark in colour |
| Nukuoro | Ulu | Level an area |
| Nukuoro | Ulu | Topmost part |
| Nukuoro | -(o)luu | Second person dual possessive suffix |
| Nukuoro | Ulua | Fish sp |
| Nukuoro | Ulungaa iga (mamu) | A pair of copulating fish (or turtles, or whales, or stingrays) |
| Nukuoro | Ulunga | Pillow, lie with one's head on a pillow |
| Nukuoro | Ulungi | Steer v |
| Nukuoro | Ulu-dugi | Hawkfish |
| Nukuoro | Uma | Chestbone of bird (used as tool) |
| Nukuoro | Umada | Rainbow |
