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sas— to be in death agony
amwumw poa— wash hands
ijipwiki— seven hundred
jerimwein o kupolai jang in suhkoa— the boy fell down from the tree
raphaphki— find
inminjoang— in the morning
nget koah dupukda pwei pwei o?— When did you buy a hat?
mwoaroan soah suhko— green
me— this
kohmw— comb
wehn moai— breadfruit tree fruit
sohn mwoaswel— farmer
inim— cook
kapin— buttocks
nen lih o pijo— the woman's pig
koadkoan umw— roof
noaisik— have children
ringoingoi, minipnip— thin
menamen— storm
da koah oa la?— What did you get?
sihnaproa— shoulder blade
pahiao— spouse of
chip— elected chief
paj— nest
waluh— eight
ingkarak— louse
kulukluk— goose
si— hear
uju— star
ngoah johpwa inla moa aio— I did not go there yesterday
uhda— raise
kapisla— freed, be
oabihda— catch a fish by line
mwakohko— hungry
wou— dog bark
moahng— breathe
daike— tiger
johia— boar (uncastrated pig)
nidin poang— the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.
milik in dihdi— breastmilk
jeri— child
okojda— set on fire
si— bone
keinin ere— wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger
ples— plate
pahioa li— wife
onop— prepare
ngoah johpwa kioang pij o woal o— I did not give the pig to the man
mour, joah leu— raw
eijek riau— twelve
pehrok— frog
si— ear
engengla— dried
pen— coconut stage (for drinking)
lakapw— tomorrow
kieil in pehn wasaus— striped lizard
karkar, pwideng— have fever, feeling hot
moang— head
paj— nest
ngoah jipirin inla moa— I am not going there today
prin— will
long— red ant
pisenmoang— hair
joaroak— sail
roairoai— long
ujuh— seven
mah— touching one's nose to a child's forehead
ngoah pirin inla moa— I am going there today
elmoan— mangrove crab
kajiluh— third
pwedin pirap— thief
puk— book
wia— make
kilin suhkoa— tree bark
wilikda— lift open
mwehu majo— pretty
wei— turtle
pwideng— hot
rahnmwahui— give greetings
kajapwlakoanaio— yesterday
moado— old
en nohno nohno— maternal grandmother
irop— pandanus fruit mat for sail
kapw— new
jadahr— slow
rioai woal— brother
saki— dead coral
mwahmwa koalik— grandfather (general)
krokadail— crocodile
mihn joaijoai— sharpening tool
jiluh— three
inla— leave
joalin koapis— bowstring
rioai jermwein koalik— eldest brother
sapta— start
woj— whistle; stingray spear; to start to sprout
nimnim— drunk, get
mehjeni jerimwein— eldest brother
wehn suhkoan mwinge— fruit
siyasi— fashion earrings
saud— south
en nohno mwahmwa— maternal grandfather
koapinpoa— elbow
pwoarla— to have one's first sexual experience (slang)
mwahnkapw— young man
pwil— sticky
lipw, poar— hole (in ground)
koakoahk— tired
koapine— hell
sapin woaroa— neck
en pahioai nohno— mother-in-law
ngoah poahl pidi sukhoa jiloa— I cut the tree with the axe
Pillap— river
pwij— a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible
pij jiluhmenne— these three pigs
ja-— not
pijek— free
jahrin dakdak— knife to take out meat of coconut
ipong— to force
pwol— bowl
ngoah pij— my pig
ngehd— when
ilare— to troll
mehj mehj— once upon a time
pij men o— that pig
wejekjekda— become wet
lijaianda— be pregnant
pwoahd— awake
sipwel— piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines
woal o johpwa kihdoam ngoahi pij o— the man did not give the pig to me
wehn suhkoa— fruit
jinoak— push
mwoluj— charcoal, embers
mwarmwaroa— chest
kaengeng, pangal— dry
Joau— sun
emen— other
pohp— clown triggerfish
koah johmwehu?— are you sick?
joaloangala— lose
pij soal jilmenne nai— these three black pigs of mine
kadahr— send
kipla— fall
kariau— second
mahma— yawn
jarip— dig
poad— coconut for seedling
kihdi— put
nanjed— ocean
risingdi— close
jasoangsoang— have diarrhea
inpwong— at night
inimda— to cook
umwoaj— hut
iaw oahr— how much
inoan pwij— a type of knot
Kamwai, kimwi— you (plural remote)
wiada— build
ngoah na kioang pij o woal o— I gave the pig to the man
pij koalik— big pig
kapang, oakoar— watch
darwak— the place on the canoe where ropes are tied
pad— eyebrow
si— bone
oakla— hidden
polouwar— floor
jasihkei— weak
kihl— small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom
jakaula— drunk, be
loang— fly
kamjiki— to frighten
majmaj— spear
lal en Mwoakilloa— Mokilese
weneijek— sixty
kahs— playing card
doar— then
kim— bear paw clam shell
Pohnpei— Pohnpei
apwkanwa— before
loahm— unidentified fish species\n
min pein— female
duoau— nine
oawoa— mouth
sapda— begin
ingkarak— lice (human lice)
jip— ship
mwangaj— ripe coconut
rahn suhkoa— branch
pwong rahla— overcooked, dry, tasteless
loahn joahmwur— where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak
marmar— traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and / or palm leaves
rehno mworin lakap— day after tomorrow
maler— have hiccups
putangla— burned (self, feeling)
oai prien— my friend
dohkang e— big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard
dildo— come inside
rohs— dark
min doapoa— how many
pwukoa— knee

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