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alij

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beard

alu

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verb walk

apwali

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verb nurse

areloang

areloang
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noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

arimajin mwoakil

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noun people of Mwoakilloa

armaj lap

elder

dahr

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noun fast

doahk

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noun dog

dueijek

ninety

duhpi

wash someone

engengla

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dried

idoak

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verb ask

imwinsihsi

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noun enemy

inoan mwoakilloa

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

jan lidip

trap (v)

jasoangsoang

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diarrhea

jeinj

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verb exchange, to

jeri

child

jeri siksik

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noun small baby, child

jihsnaip

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noun Bowie knife

jiloa

jiloa
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noun axe

Joau

johmwehuinwai

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verb have cold

jupwranahi

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noun paddling canoe

kadek

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adj. not stingy

kapehl

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adj. skillful

kapw

new

kariau

second

keimwoas

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

kidal pene ara

they know each other

koakilej wahssa

red ant

koasoau jaldu

koasoau jaldu
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[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

koaul

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verb sing

kudlaij

sword

kulul

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noun cockroach

likin wos

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noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

majmaj

verb, transitive popular with girls

majmaj

spear

majmaj

n spear for fishing

maram

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adj. bright

marmar

marmar

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

mihn joaijoai

sharpening tool

mijenloang nauna

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

mindoar, amdoar

how

mwakohko

hungry, be

Mwangaj

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noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

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mwehu

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adj. good

nan jed

nennen

silent

ngoah johpwa inla moa aio

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[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

ngoah pij soal

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[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

ngoah pirin kioang pijo woal o

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[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will 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

o

that

oa doapoa

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interro. how many

oakihla

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verb hide

oaloa

receive

oapil

n goatfish

oaring

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noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

okoda

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verb, intransitive burn

Padin pil

palwar mehdi

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noun dead body

pangal

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verb dry

par, amak

hammock

pen pwulopwul

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noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

pia

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coconut milk (handmade)

pij men o

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[piʃ men o] that pig

pij soal jilmenne nai

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these three black pigs of mine

pirij

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noun bridge

poap

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verb swim

pon

virgin

pongpong

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adj. deaf

prin

will be

pwai

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[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

pwenhg ngoah

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sentence tell me

pwije

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noun excrement

pwoarla

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

pwong

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night

pwul

young

rehno mworin lakap

day after tomorrow

renke

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seat

rik

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verb gather

risingda

pull open

rokumw

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noun crab

sang, jok

fly (v)

sapin woaroa

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neck

sas

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

sihlaboa

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backbone

sihnaproa

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shoulder blade

sikesik, inoang

story

soaksoak

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thorn

ujuh

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seven

ujuh

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seven

umwuj

actually get sea sick

wahn pwij

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[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

wai

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noun heavy breadfruit tree

war

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n foundation of house

wiada

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verb build

wijahn koaujoan

village

wud moadoak

hail