Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online
Albert Davletshin, field notes
Language | Item | Description |
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Nuguria | Mori/mori | Hammock; to swing Problematic |
Nuguria | Moto (pl. m/moto) | Unripe |
Nuguria | Mouna | Mountain, hill (known from other islands); name of an elevated place on the main island...believed to have appeared first from the ocean in creation stories |
Nuguria | Mua | (Be) first; front, in front of, before; in times of creation |
Nuguria | Mui/mui | Plenty in one spot (as six coconut trees together) (vi) |
Nuguria | Muka/muka | Immature coconut (soft shell, has milk but is not tasty) |
Nuguria | Muri | Back, in back of, behind (n.loc.); backwards (adv.) |
Nuguria | Muri/pura | Tail (of birds), rump |
Nuguria | Murivae | Heel |
Nuguria | Muru/muru | Rub with coconut oil |
Nuguria | Muu/kauhoe | Small squid |
Nuguria | Naa vai e keri | Water well |
Nuguria | Naa vai e puna | Spring (place of bubbling in the sea) |
Nuguria | Naatahi | Together |
Nuguria | Nahau | Arrow (made of coconut trunk) |
Nuguria | Namu | Lagoon Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | Naopo | Stand neatly (vi) Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | Natu | A fruit/nut tree and its fruit (edible) (Tok Pisin bukbuk) |
Nuguria | Natura | A kind of fish, locally called sweet lips Problematic |
Nuguria | Nau | Chew (vt) |
Nuguria | Nehu | Fog, mist |
Nuguria | Neke | Move (vi) |
Nuguria | N/nini (pass. niini/a) | Empty, pour out |
Nuguria | N/nehu | Get dark (in the twilight) |
Nuguria | Nnia | Tree sp. (very hard wood, grows on stones), and its wood Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | Nnohe | Small insects which eat leaves Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | Nohu | Stonefish |
Nuguria | Nono | Bird sp., Noddy |
Nuguria | Ohana | Nest |
Nuguria | Oho | Wake, awaken, wake up (from sleep) |
Nuguria | Oi | Hey! (used to attract attention) |
Nuguria | Oka | Rafter of house |
Nuguria | Oko | Shell muscle |
Nuguria | Oko/oko | Gather, collect, pick up (shellfish, fruits on the ground) |
Nuguria | One | Sand islets in the sea |
Nuguria | Ono | Fish sp.: Barracuda |
Nuguria | Oo | A kind of small fish used as bait |
Nuguria | Oo | Go (plural) |
Nuguria | Oo mai | Come (from) (plural) |
Nuguria | Opo (sg.obj.), opo/opo (pl.obj.) | Cover (e.g. earth oven), wrap (vt) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Nuguria | Ora | Life; live, be alive |
Nuguria | Oro | Whet, sharpen (knife, axe) |
Nuguria | Oro/oro | Grate (swamp taro) |
Nuguria | Ota | Eat raw fish |
Nuguria | Oti | (Be) finished, ended |
Nuguria | Oto | A kind of rafter (house roof); to thatch (vt) Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | Paa/nihi | Fence, paling (around a village or house) |
Nuguria | Paa/nihi | Fence, paling (around a village or house) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Nuguria | Paara/i | Paint (vt) |
Nuguria | Paare/a | Push (away) (vt, pass.) |