| OC | ||
| Gilbertese | nunu-a | to shade |
| nunu | shadowed, shady | |
| nu | shade, shadow, shadow pictures, outline | |
| Aua | anunu | shadow; reflection |
| Wogeo | vanunu | shadow; reflection |
| Manam | anunu | shadow; reflection |
| Vitu | hanunu | picture, movie |
| Kove | anunu | shadow; picture |
| Lakalai | halulu | shadow; reflection; photograph; occasionally spirit of a human being |
| Gitua | anunu | image, spirit, soul, photo, etc. |
| Mono-Alu | nunu-na | spirit (living) |
| Lau | nunu- | shadow, shade; a likeness, photograph, picture, image |
| Kwaio | nunu-fia | to shade (intransitive); overcast |
| nunu-na | shadow, image, picture; 'shade' of the dead; one element in two-part conception of "soul", which departs body at death, and after liminal period goes to , the land of the shades | |
| Nggela | nunu | shadow; reflection, shape; picture, photograph |
| 'Āre'āre | nunu-na | shadow of persons or things as cast by the sun; likeness, phantom, portrait, figure, carving; a man's very self |
| Bwaidoga/Bwaidoka | anunu | shadow |
| Molima | ʔanunu | shadow; reflection |
| Sa'a | nunu | shadow of persons, reflection, likeness, carvings, soul, consciousness; a new set of gongs is said to be the of the old set |
| nunu i niu | reflections of coconut leaves; a zigzag in tattoo; a canoe decoration | |
| Dobuan | anunu | shadow |
| Arosi | nunu-na | image, shape, reflection, picture, carved post; it is also rarely used as , soul |
| Bauro | nunu | image, reflection; principle soul |
| Santa Ana | nunu-na | spirit (living) |
| Wuvulu | anunu | shadow; reflection |