Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online
Albert Davletshin, field notes
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nuguria | Hinaona | In-laws (affines of the generation above one's spouse) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Ssee | Shoo! (to a mouse) Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Kaahana | A kind of rope ladder, loop used around one's feet and hands to assist in climbing coconut trees |
| Nuguria | Kaakena | Step of a house; ladder |
| Nuguria | Kano-kano | Wasp |
| Nuguria | (Kanamata) p/puni | Blind |
| Nuguria | Ku | Perfect aspect marker |
| Nuguria | Kunu | A kind of shellfish (small, grows on stones, edible) |
| Nuguria | Maaoa | Yawn Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Mahana | Loose, free (e.g. rope); take off (of a bird) |
| Nuguria | Mai | Postposed directional particle: here, to me, for me |
| Nuguria | Maisu | Lips, area around the mouth |
| Nuguria | Maauri-loo | Truly, really Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Ha-maauri | True, truly, really Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Masike, mahike (pl. mahhike) | Arise, get up, wake up, stand up after sleep |
| Nuguria | Maahina | Light (n); shine, shiny |
| Nuguria | Mata/mata | Look after, watch over |
| Nuguria | Matapuku | Big eye trevally |
| Nuguria | Rau-milo-milo | Red sea grass, found close to the shore |
| Nuguria | Moko piri | Kind of lizard (brown gecko) Borrowed |
| Nuguria | M/muhu | Sandfly |
| Nuguria | Muhu/muhu te tai | Insects of the sea |
| Nuguria | Punaa/nai | A kind of shellfish, giant one, edible; it is farmed on the atoll |
| Nuguria | Pu/naakkohu | Shell of dead punaanai |
| Nuguria | Ioo | Brain Problematic |
| Nuguria | Ni | Tense marker (past?) |
| Nuguria | No/o | Conjunction: and |
| Nuguria | Nuu | Coconut palm |
| Nuguria | Huai- | Augmentative prefix to nouns: very big |
| Nuguria | Pao (pl. p/pao) | Land on shore |
| Nuguria | Paela | Plough Problematic |
| Nuguria | Paiaha | Cheek Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Pana | Get/be accustomed or used to |
| Nuguria | Paoro | Turtle bones on the back, turtle backbones; stirring rod for hot food, made of turtle bone |
| Nuguria | Para-para | Soft |
| Nuguria | Patiaka | Surface root Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Pee/naa, pee/nei | Like that, like this |
| Nuguria | P/piri | Be close to |
| Nuguria | Ha(ka)-ppiri | Hang up, place on a high object |
| Nuguria | Manu-manu | Smell (v) of the sea |
| Nuguria | Manu-saa | Smell (v) of something going bad (fish and meat) |
| Nuguria | Manu-taitai | Smell (v) of something which has drifted for a long time in the sea |
| Nuguria | Porapora | Basket plaited of coconut leaves (for carrying food, tubers, etc., quickly woven, used and thrown away) |
| Nuguria | Puu-roa | Conch or trumpet shell |
| Nuguria | Mataa-raa | Branch, twig |
| Nuguria | Mahau/nani | Type of women's song Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Rano | Molar tooth Phonologically Irregular |
| Nuguria | Rere naa aitu | Possessed (prophesying) |
| Nuguria | Rii | Young coconut (not yet motomoto) -- children suck its sweet husk and it is given to sick people who cannot eat hard food |
| Nuguria | Punaa/riki/riki (pl. puna/r/riki) | Little, small |
