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aproa

arimajin mwoakil

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noun people of Mwoakilloa

da

what

dir armjaj

doaki

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noun duck

doakoahdi

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verb catch a fish by spear

eijek

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num. ten

engeng

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adjective dry

epwiki

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num. hundred

ere

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connector of canoe to outrigger

Iaia

ingkarak in mahn

flea

injinjued

sad

inmijoang pwong

insahdi

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verb bleed

jabjab

machete

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

jahrin pohnseipil

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noun table knife

jandin e

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toe

jandinpoa

japan

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adj. not stingy

jileu

n bluefin tuna

jimw

jimw
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[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

joalin koapis

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noun bowstring

joan jilu

joan jilu

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

johkak wiawi/johkin wiawi

impossible

johmwehuinwai

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verb have cold

jupwranahi

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noun paddling canoe

kadek

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adj. not stingy

kadoarihla

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verb finish

kahs

n playing card

kajelel

kamwa

pronoun you (two)

karkar, pwideng

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verb have fever, feeling hot

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

keimwoas

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

kihdi

put

kijou

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[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

kikin e

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toenail

kimwi

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pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

koalik

big

koapis

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noun bow

koasoau jaldu

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

kohmw

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noun comb

kojukdi

killed, be

kopou

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noun gold

kornihda

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noun trumpet

li

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

li o pulila ngoahi porin jeto

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[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

lijaian

adj. pregnant

lokpoa

majipwehkda

scared

majkun

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verb be blind

manman

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noun magic

mijenloang nauna

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

mijik

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noun fear

min

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adj. clean

moadaok

pain

moai

moai
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noun breadfruit tree

moalonglong

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

mwakohko

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adj. hungry

Mwangaj

Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015
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noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

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ngehd

when

ngoah johpwa inla moa aio

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

ngoah jopwa kapan pij o

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

ngoah na kioang pij o woal o

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[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

ngorngor

snore

Ni

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noun coconut tree

no

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noun wave, the surf

o

there

onopda

verb be prepared

pahu

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num. four

pailer

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noun smaller striped

pain

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noun female (gender)

paj

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noun hive

paoipaoi

hat

pei

float

peneinei

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noun family

pij jiluhmenne

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these three pigs

pij soal

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adjective / noun black pig

pij soal jiluhmen

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three black pigs

ples

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n plate

poar

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noun lung

pohp

pohp
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noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

pwaklap

pwaklap
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[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

pwehk

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bat

pwideng

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noun hut

pwidengla

burned

pwoalkoa

pwu

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noun betel nut

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rehnoauwe

today

rioai jerpein koalik

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noun eldest sister

saki

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dead coral

sil

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noun coconut sprouted a little

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

soapwoahd

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nose

sohn loakijid

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noun fishermen

was wahsa

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[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

woj

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noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

wud moadoak

hail