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 | Age | Up |
| Nukuoro | Ama | Outrigger float |
| Nukuoro | Anaa | Those away from speaker |
| Nukuoro | Te/au | Tattooing needle (Kubary) |
| Nukuoro | Iho | Down |
| Nukuoro | Igohi | Fire tongs |
| Nukuoro | Ina | Light up an area at night (especially to hunt land crabs) |
| Nukuoro | Ingoo | Name |
| Nukuoro | Onge | Famine |
| Nukuoro | Ogo | Purlin Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Oga | Husk coconut |
| Nukuoro | Ogo | The attachment of a clam to the reef |
| Nukuoro | Olo | Area in which sand has accumulated, beach Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Nukuoro | Ua | Come in (of tide) |
| Nukuoro | Uu | Milk |
| Nukuoro | Ui | Pick Pandanus |
| Nukuoro | Haga/ui/ | Removes (clothes etc.), disrobe, undress; lose contact with |
| Nukuoro | Uli | Fish sp. (several varieties) |
| Nukuoro | Ulu | Enter |
| Nukuoro | Ulu/hia | A sudden access of hostile feeling |
| Nukuoro | Lluhe. Ruhe (Crn). | Sword fern (and possibly other spp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukuoro | Ga(a) | Inceptive aspect marker |
| Nukuoro | Ga(a) | If |
| Nukuoro | Ka/ngi | Sharp (as a knife), pointed Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Ga(a) | Inceptive aspect marker; if, and (esp. in numeration), and then |
| Nukuoro | Gaha | Portion of coconut husk from which long fibres obtained |
| Nukuoro | Gahu | Put on, wear, cover up (the body) |
| Nukuoro | Gavaausu | A tree (Barringtonia asiatica) used to poison fish |
| Nukuoro | Gaa | Catch fire, aflame |
| Nukuoro | Gaa/gaa | Easily ignited |
| Nukuoro | Gai | Eat |
| Nukuoro | Gai/ ange nei | Misfortune owing to |
| Nukuoro | Gaainga | Temporary dwelling |
| Nukuoro | Gaiaa | Steal |
| Nukuoro | Gaibea | Ghost-crab |
| Nukuoro | Gaga | Fibrous sheathing on coconut trunk |
| Nukuoro | Gaga | Bird sp Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Kai | Legend, story |
| Nukuoro | Kala | Fragrance (especially of food) |
| Nukuoro | Kano | Quality; penis, meat, flesh |
| Nukuoro | Kava | Feel uncomfortably warm |
| Nukuoro | Gage | Climb |
| Nukuoro | Kala | Smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc |
| Nukuoro | Galaahuu | Cheek |
| Nukuoro | Lalaa | Sizzle |
| Nukuoro | Galava/lava | Grain in coconut tree wood Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Nukuoro | Galevaleva | Bird sp. |
| Nukuoro | Galeve | Sap taken from inflorescence of coconut tree |
| Nukuoro | Galisi. Karisi (Crn). | Lizard sp. |
| Nukuoro | Galo-gila | Goatfish |
