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ahsenenjet

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noun seahorse

aproa

arimaj da mahrjil

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noun people of Marshall Islands

armaj lap

elder

daboardi/da

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verb catch a fish by hand

dihdi

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noun bosom/breast

dikoldikol

adj lumpy

dopwurpwur

n parrotfish

duhpi

wash someone

duhpk

starve

e

eijek duoau

nineteen

en pahioai nohno

mother-in-law

ih

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pronoun he, she, it

ihloa

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noun high

ikel

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noun eagle

inje

who

inminjong

in morning

inoan

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

insahdi

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verb bleed

jed

jehkahs

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

jej

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

jeprir

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adj. clumsy

jerimwein

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noun boy

jerimwein o kupolai jang in suhkoa

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[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

joaloangala

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verb lose

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

joapoa

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cheek

johia

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noun boar (uncastrated pig)

johpwa, johkin

never

kahs

n steel drum

kajelel

kajiluh

third

kapw

new

kehrup

kehrup
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[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

kijesik winan

rat

kiliej

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

koahmwihdi

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verb comb

koakilej wahssa

red ant

koakoahk

tired

koapoanaw

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chin

kol

verb hold

kopkopda

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verb cough

lal

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noun language

lam

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noun lagoon

li

li
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noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

likamw

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verb lie (tell untruth)

likin wos

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noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

limoau

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num. five

limoau

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num. five

lipahruru

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noun butterfly

loangin juke

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bee

lumkoruk

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noun sand crab

majmaj

verb, transitive popular with girls

majmaj

spear

medi

death

meleisik

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heart

mijik

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noun fear

moalonglong

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

mwajngal

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noun intestines

mwuj

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vomit (v)

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.

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sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

ngoah jopwa kapan pij o

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[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

ninpal

ninpal
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noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

noaisik

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verb to deliver children/to raise children

oapil

n goatfish

oaring

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noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

onopda

verb be prepared

pada

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verb make by weaving

pahiao woal

husband

pajapoang

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noun answer

Pajin mahn

noun nest

pij

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pig

pij o jen nehn woal o

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[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

pwa

say

pwenhg ngoah

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sentence tell me

pwok

hole

rahurahu

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verb shout

rehn ohroj

every day

rien pahioa jermwein

brother in law

rioai jermwein/woal

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noun brother

rongrong

yellow

sang

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verb fly

sang, jok

fly (v)

sapin woaroa

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noun neck

sapta

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noun start

saud

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south

si

hear

sipwel

sipwel
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noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

sohn kaul

singer

uduk

umwuj

actually get sea sick

waihak

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noun unwanted coconuts

waluh

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eight

wiada

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verb build

woal

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noun man

wos

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noun isolated parts of the reef

wud

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rain

wud moadoak

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noun rain that hurts, hail