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ah

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his

arimajin mwoakil

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noun people of Mwoakilloa

armaj

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people

da koah dupuk?

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sentence What did you buy?

dahr

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noun fast

daiou

which

daonke

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n light

doakoahdi

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verb catch a fish by spear

dueijek

ninety

duhpi

wash someone

duhpk

starve

en mwahmwa nohno

paternal grandmother

en nohno mwahmwa

noun maternal grandfather

engeng

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adjective dry

Ingkarakin armaj

lice, body

injinjued

sad

inla

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verb go

inoan

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

japahl

return

japan, kadek

not stingy

jarip

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verb dig

jej

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

jeri

child

jeuweje

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verb help

joah pemoahi

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sentence don’t tell me

joalin koapis

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noun bowstring

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

joaroakli

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[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

joh dupikoa

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adj. free

kajapwlakoan aio

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day before yesterday

kamwinge

feed

kapang, widahli

see

kapin

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buttocks

karkar, pwideng

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verb have fever, feeling hot

kehu

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n middle mast

kel

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noun fence

kidepw

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

kihl

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[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

kipla

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verb fall

koahmwi

comb (v)

koalik

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adj. big

koapine

koapoanaw

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noun chin

li moado

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very old woman

likin wos

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noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

lopwlopw likoau

wash clothes

majipwehkda

scared

malahsohs

honey

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adj. bright

maraula

thirsty, be

mehjeni jerimwein

eldest brother

milik in dihdi

noun breastmilk

min pein

female

mindoar, amdoar

how

mum

sweet

Mwaj pwilipwil

leech

mwaj pwilpwil

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noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Mwangaj

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noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

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mwuhr injauwaj

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afternoon

nainki jeri

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verb to have children

nennen

silent

ngoah johpwa kioang pij o woal o

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[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

ngoah pulila li o pori jeto

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[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

noai jeripein

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noun daughter

nohno koalik

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noun grandmother (general)

oakihla

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verb hide

oawoa

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mouth

ohla

broken

okojda

set on fire

pahien noai jermwein

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noun daughter-in-law

paip

noun pipe

Pehri

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bamboo

peia

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noun bear

pekendihdi jerimwein

youngest brother

pen

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noun green coconut

pij jiluhmenne

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these three pigs

pijin nehn woallo

wild boar

poan sang

wing

poar

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noun lung

pwideng

hot

pwihn

tribe

pwoaren paip

pwudong

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verb have itch

pwukel

n tip of penis (slang)

rehnoawe

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adv. today

rein mwahmwa li

paternal aunt

rep

v to be broken or deflowered

riau

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two

saki

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dead coral

sapda

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verb begin

sas

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

sihnmoang

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skull

sikei

adj. powerful

suhkoa

uk

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noun blow

umwuj

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verb vomit

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noun young coconut

was wahsa

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[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

wehwe

understand

wejekjekda

wet, become