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asai

da koah dupuk?

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sentence What did you buy?

daike

tiger

dapoar

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verb catch

darwak

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[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

doahk

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noun dog

duhpek

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starve

eijek pahu

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num. fourteen

emen aramas

other person

en mwahmwa mwahmwa

paternal grandfather

en mwahmwa nohno

paternal grandmother

inmijoang pwong

irop

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noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

jadahr

slow

jahr kohlk

big knife

japahl

return

japan, kadek

not stingy

japoang

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verb answer

jarip

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verb dig

jemen pahioai

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noun father-in-law

jereu

sneeze

jimwin rehl

jimwin rehl
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[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

joh dupikoa

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adj. free

johia

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noun boar (uncastrated pig)

johkak wiawi/johkin wiawi

impossible

kadoarihla

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verb finish

kel

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noun cage

koah johmwehu?

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[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

koajik

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noun gun

koalik

big

koapoanaw

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noun chin

kohd

tusk

kopkopda

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verb cough

koso

verb cut

kulukluk

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noun goose

lal

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noun language

li moado

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very old woman

lijaian

adj. pregnant

lijaianda

verb be pregnant

likamw

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verb lie (tell untruth)

loal

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adj. deep

luwo

luwo

n bracelet

majewehka

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adj. fearful

maraula

thirsty, be

me

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here

mehjeni li

eldest sister

mijenloang nauna

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

milik in nen dihn

noun canned milk (store bought)

min

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adj. clean

moadaok

pain

moalonglong

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noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Mwangaj

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noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

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mwehu majo

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adj. pretty

mwoado, lap

elderly

mwoaswel

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noun garden

mwosmwos

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adj. short

nainki/anki

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verb have

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.

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sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

ngohi pij soal jilmen

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[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

noasikdi, koapoaiddi

born, be

oaloa

receive

oarmoane

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verb dream of (something)

pahioa li

wife

paj

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noun nest

peihk

obey

pij jiluhmenne

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these three pigs

pij mene

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this pig

pij soal jilmen

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three black pigs

pij soal jilmenne nai

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these three black pigs of mine

pij soal jiluhmenne nai

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these three black pigs of mine

piju mene kalik

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[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

pirap

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verb steal

poa

poar

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noun lung

pwehk

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noun bat

pwudong

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noun itch

pwul

young

rien pahioa jermwein

brother in law

rioai jerpein koalik

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noun eldest sister

risingdi

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verb close

sahlaplap

adj. wide

saud

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south

saud

verb, intransitive to have a party

si

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noun ear

si

hear

sihlaboa

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backbone

sihlanglang

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noun rib

uduk

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noun meat

uju

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noun star

uk

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noun blow

umw

house

umwuj

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verb vomit

up

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noun young coconut

waihak

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noun unwanted coconuts

wal koalik

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elderly man

war ewar riau

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sentence I have 2 canoes

wei

turtle

winen mahn

feather

woal o me khdoam ngoahi pij o

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[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

wos

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noun isolated parts of the reef