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amai

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[amai] yours (plural)

angkoa

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noun anchor

apid

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[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

armaj pwiaia

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noun gray-haired person

blu

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adj. blue

chip

noun elected chief

dopwurpwur

n parrotfish

dupuk

pay

en nohno nohno

maternal grandmother

engengla

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dried

ia domwen

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[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

Iaia

ilare

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[ilaɾe] to troll

inoau

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canoe connecting fibers

insahdi

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verb bleed

ira koaroj

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both

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

japoang

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verb answer

jeljel

gonorrhea

jereu

sneeze

jerimwein

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noun boy

joah

joah war ewar

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[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

joarom

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lightning

johmwehu

sick

jukren mau

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

kahlek

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verb dance

kahs

n steel drum

kapang, oakoar

watch (v)

kapi

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n coffee

kel

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noun cage

kel

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noun fence

koakoahk

tired

koauwehla

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verb, transitive break

kojukdi

killed, be

kororo

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adj. white

kupwa

adj. very poor

lal

word

limeijek

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num. fifty

limepwiki

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num. five hundred

loadmaj

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verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

loang

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noun fly (n)

malau

maler

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verb have hiccups

mehjeni jerimwein

eldest brother

mehjeni li

eldest sister

mehme

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verb chew

mindoar, amdoar

how

moadaok

pain

moadoandoal

smooth

mum

sweet

mwahnkapw

young man

mwosmwos

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adj. short

nambwo

nambwo
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noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

nen li o pijo

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[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

ngoah dukupda a luk ou.

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sentence I bought her a dress.

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o.

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sentence I bought a hat.

nim

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noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

noai jerimwein

son

noasikdi

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verb born

oaring

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

oaring

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noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

pada

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verb make by weaving

pahiao

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noun spouse of

pahiao woal

husband

pahu

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four

pia

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coconut milk (handmade)

pij soal jilmenne

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these three black pigs

pij soal jiluhmenne

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these three black pigs

pijpij

urinate (piss)

pirap

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verb steal

poa

pohs

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noun boat

pwai

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

pweipwei

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adj. crazy

Pwel

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noun mud

pwelmasak

pwij

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[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

pwirejrej

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adj. dirty

pwok

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noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

pwul

young

raphaphki

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verb find

riau

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two

rien pahioa jermwein

brother in law

sas

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

sas

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

sikei

adj. powerful

sipoak

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verb kick

soahr

tear

soakoaloan e

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ankle

soanihr

upwen win

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[upʷen wen ] n

was wahsa

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[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

wei

turtle

wejekjekda

wet, become

weneijek

sixty

wihk wayu

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last week

woaroa

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neck

wos

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noun isolated parts of the reef