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ajike

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[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

andip

spit (v)

apwali

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verb nurse

dam

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[dam] n outrigger

dildo

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verb come inside

diroam

drum

duhpi

wash someone

engngeng

dry

ia omwunu

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[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

inje

who

inoai

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noun mother

insahdi

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blood

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

jan lidip

trap (v)

jarau

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noun baracuda

jasihkei

weak

jej

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

jeri

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noun baby, child

jerimwein o moair nen amak o

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[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

jinoak

push

joaroakli

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

johmwehu

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verb become sick

johmwehuinwai

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verb have cold

kahs

n steel drum

kamjiki

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verb to frighten

kapahu

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num. fourth

kapwidwid

kapwidwid
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[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

kel

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noun cage

kenenmel

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mucus

kidal emen emen

we know each other

kikin e

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toenail

kiliej

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noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

kirihj

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noun body fat, grease

koahmwi

comb (v)

koahmwihdi

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verb comb

koakilej keikei

black ant (large, stings)

koapis

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noun bow

koasapijada

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verb to start

koso

verb cut

kupwa

adj. very poor

lal en Mwoakilloa

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likin wos

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noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

limeijek

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num. fifty

lioas

mad

load

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noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

load

verb smell

luwo

luwo

n bracelet

meing

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left (side)

men

menamen

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noun storm

mindoar, amdoar

how

moadoandoal

smooth

moarla

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verb go to sleep

mwoaswel

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noun garden

mwumw

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noun fish

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.

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sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

ngoah jehpirin inla moa lakapw

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[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Ni

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noun coconut tree

nim

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noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

noasik

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verb give birth

oai mwah

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noun brother in law

oakoakila

hidden

oaring

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noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

ohroj

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adj. all

okojda

verb, transitive burn

pahiao

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noun spouse of

paiennoai jerpein

son-in-law

pajin loangin juke

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noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

paspas

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adj. flat

pehrok

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noun frog

peinkapw

young woman

pel ou, pel emen

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adj. another

pij jiluhmen

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three pigs

pij soal jilmenne

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these three black pigs

pij soal jiluhmenne nai

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these three black pigs of mine

Pillap

poa

poang

poang
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[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

poaroane

Pohn pwirej

ground

pwaklap

pwaklap
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[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

pwirejrej

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adj. dirty

pwu

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noun betel nut

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pwudongdonglap

n Kind of jellyfish

pwukoa

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verb shout

renke

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seat

roairoai

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adj. long

roairoai

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adj. tall

sahlaplap

adj. wide

sohn mwoaswel

farmer

sorohrpijoang

separated, be

uju

umwuj

actually get sea sick

waihak

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noun unwanted coconuts

warer

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verb start boiling

was

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coral

wihk wayu

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last week

woaroa

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neck

wonou

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six