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adiroauhn jumwa

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chicken egg

amwda pope men

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sentence why are you here

amwumw poa

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verb wash hands

apkas

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adv. now

da koah oa la?

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sentence What did you get?

daonke

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n light

diroam

drum

duhpek

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starve

duhpi

wash someone

e

ia omwunu

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[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

inoan

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

inpwong

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at night

ipwil

n love

jahr siksik

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noun small knife

jandinpoa

jarip

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verb dig

jed

jeprir

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adj. clumsy

jeri

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noun baby, child

joamwoas

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adj. stingy

joaroakli

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

jukren mau

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

kajapwlakoan aio

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day before yesterday

kamjiki

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verb to frighten

keniapu

keniapu

n papaya

kidepw

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

koakilej

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ant

koakilej wahssa

red ant

koandoau

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noun ladder

koaroa

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noun heron

koauwehla, sipwang

verb, transitive break

kororo

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adj. white

leme

think

li koalik

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noun elderly woman

limoau

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num. five

limoau

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num. five

lipahruru

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noun butterfly

load

verb smell

lopkoa

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bird

mihn joaijoai

sharpening tool

moadaok

pain

moarla

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verb go to sleep

mum

sweet

mwahliel

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brain

Mwahmwa, pahpa

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father

mwakoko

hungry

mwioak

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noun crow

mwoado, lap

old (person)

mwuhr injauwaj

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afternoon

mwuj

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vomit (v)

mwumw

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fish

Nen Woalo

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forest

ngoah johpwa pirin kioang pij o poah

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[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

ngoah pirin inla moa lakapw

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[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

ngoah pwili liau poah rijedo

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[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

ngoas

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n lips

nimen munge

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hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

no boilda

boiled

o

there

oakoakila

hidden

oapi

pull in

oapil

n goatfish

ohla

broken

paj

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noun hive

pajin loangin juke

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

pali

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day after tomorrow

palwar mehdi

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noun dead body

par, amak

hammock

pij

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pig

pijpij

urinate (piss)

pirap

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verb steal

pirejrej

dirty

prin

will be

pwedin pirap

thief

pwehk

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bat

Pwel

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noun mud

pwelmasak

pwihn

tribe

pwoahd

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verb awake

pwoalkoa

pwu

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noun betel nut

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pwukel

n tip of penis (slang)

rieijek

twenty

rioai jermwein/woal

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noun brother

rong

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verb hear

sap

first

sapin woaroa

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neck

saud

verb, intransitive to have a party

si

hear

sinak

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noun snake

sioa

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ear

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

soakoaloan e

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ankle

soal

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adj. black

umw

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noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

umwoaj

hut

war

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n foundation of house

woasoa

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment