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joun wini, joun wineini— shaman
armaj— people
mwoakidkid— rough sea (moving sea)
ohroj— all
adiroauhn jumwa— chicken egg
eijek— ten
mijen war— canoe front
lopkoa— waist
doahk— dog
kang— eat
oaring— coconut that is already brown and ready to husk
limepwiki— five hundred
pangal— dry
was— coral
johjo— piece of wood under the kia
pij soal jiluhmenne nai— these three black pigs of mine
jihsnaip— Bowie knife
kadek— not stingy
inje— who
doakoahdi— catch a fish by spear
jahr— knife
woal men— one man
peia— bear
sosok— gecko
oarmoan— dream
ipwdi— to be born
inoau— canoe connecting fibers
poa— arm
no ila, no kijoula— left
oakla— hide
jej— to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)
koasoa— a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang
duhpi— wash someone
kadoarihla— finish
koakilej— ant
armaj pwiaia— gray-haired person
koaklej— ant
paiennoai jerpein— son-in-law
kilin suhkoa— bark
jong— try
winen mahn— feather
up— young coconut
ngoah pwili liau poah rijedo— I went with the woman to the beach
jeri— baby, child
majewehka— fearful
inla— go
pirej— ground, soil
ringoaingoai— skinny
mwioak— crow
kel— cage
lioas— mad
mwaj pwilpwil— leech; literally 'sticky worm'
pwul— young
ingkong— sharp
insahdi— blood
renke— seat
aka— to taste or smell of peppermint
was wahsa— red coral
uduk— meat
mwakoko— hungry
mwuhr injauwaj— afternoon
dilda— enter
par, amak— hammock
oakoakila— hidden
diroam— drum
oakihla— hide
noahd— north
pajin loangin juke— nest of honeybees (lit. 'nest of sugarfly')
wonou— six
rohs— flower
kapehd— belly
dihdi— bosom, breast
joarom— lightning
majkun— be blind
mwindi— sit down
amwda pope men— why are you here
joah war ewar— I don't have a canoe
injausik— in the evening
wia— do
jandinpoa— finger
arai— theirs
piroa— tie
jemen pahioai— father-in-law
rein mwahmwa woal— paternal uncle
wud moadoak— rain that hurts, hail
jehpwili— remain
dupukda— buy
mehjeni li— eldest sister
war— foundation of house
pajapoang— answer
moalonglong— nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit
lipahruru— butterfly
kopkop— cough
ngoah pirin inla moa lakapw— I will go there tomorrow
doaki— duck
pada— make by weaving
majahs— crab
noai jeripein— daughter
duhpk— starve
pwudong— itch
joang— cry
sinoh— snow
ngoah pij soal— my black pig
nennen— silent
duhpekla— starved
pweipwei— crazy
kopkopda— cough
mehme— chew
chokcho— don't run
li o pulila ngoahi porin jeto— the woman went with me to the beach
da— what
waihak— unwanted coconuts\n
jailloi— low
rehn— day
kapirda— twist open
pwelmasak— mud
eu— one
eijek pahu— fourteen
siksik— small
wal moado— very old man
sang— fly
warer— start boiling
lipehn soahni— green lizard
medi— death
kamwa— you (two)
no boilda— boiled
lumkoruk— sand crab
adroau— chicken egg
ujuh— seven
Pohn pwirej— ground
palwar mehdi— dead body
alu— walk
pwije— excrement
wuronna— lobster
inoai— mother
jereu— sneeze
mwoad— fat (size)
umw— house
pen— coconut (good for drinking)
Ni— coconut tree
apid— three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger
jahr siksik— small knife
irip— fan
pirap— steal
dupuk— pay
koasoau— cloud
pirejrej— dirty
majkun— blind
sapa— to spread legs (vulgar)
Pajin mahn— nest
pwuhn— batfish
pwoalkoa— foot
sihkei— strong
wahsa— red
poa— forearm
koapwoannok— broom
iopwou— infertile female pig
poakadi— defecate (shit)
peneinei— family
madau— ocean area very far from reef
lal— language
poang— wooden platform on the top of the canoe
loangin juke— honey bee
kidal— know
pij o jen nehn woal o— the pig ran out from the forest
Padin pil— puddle
pij jiluhmen— three pigs
rong— hear
daboardi/da— catch a fish by hand
rongrong— yellow
andip— spit
mahn sang— bird
kornihda— trumpet
jeuweje— help
oapi— pull in
shis— sheet
kehrup— a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water
wud— rain
koandoau— ladder
johmwehuinwai— have cold
wai— heavy breadfruit tree
reping— to try to break or deflower
pohn pirej— ground
oamw— your
soakoaloan e— ankle
pwa— say
woal o johpwa pirin kihdoam ngoahi pij o— the man will not give the pig to me
jeinj— to exchange
riau— two
pwoas
loadmaj— tap noses together (nose to nose)
pwudongdonglap— Kind of jellyfish
malahsohs— honey
milik in nen dihn— canned milk (store-bought)
dikol— lump
limoau— five
mahn— line that is used to pull up the sail
ngoah jopwa kapan pij o— I don't see the pig
malahsohs— sap from coconut
pei— float

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