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nou

Sabatier

nou

n. a blister.
v. to blister.

nou1

n. a sedentary fish, very ugly and very poisonous.
sn. Scorpionide.
fig. ugly, unsightly as..., stone fish.
n. nou n eta: land wound which becomes festered.
nou n anti: sore, abcess, without apparent cause.

nou2

pref. kind of adv. noubaba, noumangan, noumaninga.

nou3

see kanou.
a. fig. e nou, e kanou: he is embarrassed,... ashamed.
syn. kui, maneang.

Goo & Banner

nóu

sn. Pterois sp. (ll).
n. stingfish (sm).

nóu1

sn. Pterois volitans (ll).
n. stingfish (sm).

nou

sn. Scorpaena altobrunna (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou1

sn. Scorpaena asperella (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou2

sn. Scorpaenodes guamensis (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou3

sn. Scorpaenodes kellogi (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou4

sn. Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou5

sn. Scorpaenopsis gibbosus (y).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou6

sn. Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (ll).
n. scorpionfish (sm).

nou7

sn. Synanceja verrucosa (ll).
n. stonefish (sm).

Luomala

nou

ew. nofu.
sn. Scoranopsis (scorpaenida).
n. scorpionfish.

Topics: Fish, Health and illness, House and village, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)