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 | Ui/nga | Paths in the taro bog, made of dry palm fronds |
| Nukuoro | Hagailonga | Sign, mark, signal, omen |
| Nukuoro | Ali/ali | The barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut |
| Nukuoro | Ola | Free, escaped; survive, safe |
| Nukuoro | Buga/liaa | Tree sp., Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Nukuoro | Danga/ligi | A type of basket |
| Nukuoro | Diba/diba | Unsteady, as a ship on the sea |
| Nukuoro | M/mala | Bitter, sour |
| Nukuoro | Ngaangaa-ulu | Hair of the head Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Limi/limi | Coral sp.: brain coral? Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Mulu/mulu aamanu | Moss (on rocks or coral) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Gauligi | Child, young person Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Laohie | Dry weather (no rain) |
| Nukuoro | Mada udua | Point of promontory or peninsula, esp. if large |
| Nukuoro | Bale/a | Steer canoe |
| Nukuoro | Duu bale | Not quite vertical |
| Nukuoro | Bale | Help, assist, aid (with effort or advice etc.) |
| Nukuoro | Pilo | Stink |
| Nukuoro | Dahola | A method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches) |
| Nukuoro | Laangi. Rang (Crn). | Day |
| Nukuoro | Umalei | Fish sp. (rare) |
| Nukuoro | Deai | None, no ___, nothing |
| Nukuoro | Deeai donu | Positively no! |
| Nukuoro | Iai | Be (present), have, there is ___ |
| Nukuoro | Gabi | Hold something between two (or more) other things; grab (between things, e.g. fingers) |
| Nukuoro | Gabi/a | Held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers) |
| Nukuoro | Gabi/dia | Held firmly (by something not part of the human body |
| Nukuoro | Kabi | Tight (of clothes); stuffed |
| Nukuoro | He/gabi/di | Packed closely together; crowded together in a small place |
| Nukuoro | De/nga | The (several); each of |
| Nukuoro | Bau | To be worth it |
| Nukuoro | Bau age | Capable of, be the equal of |
| Nukuoro | Hasi | To cut off a taro corm from its stalk |
| Nukuoro | Dua | Away from; in back of; after |
| Nukuoro | Dua | Diameter (of rope etc.) |
| Nukuoro | Haga/dua | To coil or plait using __ [number of] strands; change the size of |
| Nukuoro | Vange | Give (to him, her or them) |
| Nukuoro | Vadu | Give to hearer |
| Nukuoro | Kau | To swim (or make motions of swimming, as babies do) |
| Nukuoro | Hagadeledele | To play with a model canoe in the water (by children) |
| Nukuoro | O/ohi/a | (For a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e. the tide not being so low that it is too shallow) |
| Nukuoro | Boi | Abnormal [singular] |
| Nukuoro | Aasaga | A watercourse between islets on the atoll |
| Nukuoro | Galu | Viscous sputum |
| Nukuoro | Galu/galu | Any jellylike substance |
| Nukuoro | Made | Numb, paralyzed |
| Nukuoro | Me | (A word which can substitute for any nominal, adjectival or verbal notion) |
| Nukuoro | Bongaa usu | Nostril |
| Nukuoro | Dau dinae | A period during which many women are pregnant at the same time |
| Nukuoro | Muga/muga | First stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa |
