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lipahruhru— butterfly
koalik— big
wis— banana
nehk— fishnet
wahu— valley
ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.— I bought a hat yesterday.
inminjong— in morning
mojul— thick
li koalik— elderly woman
oapwoarla— sexually experienced
poran maj— eye, possibly "part of face"
juhre— other type of baracuda
jan lidip— trap
pwun— seashell
ajike— hello / goodbye
johmwehu— sick
idoak— ask
nohno— mother
pwehk— bat
mwoado, lap— elderly
paspas— flat
noai jerimwein— son
da koah dupuk?— What did you buy?
johnpwong— moon, month
upwuhpw— blue
upwen win
jehkahs— idiot, fool (jack-ass)
nainki— have
arimajin mwoakil— people of Mwoakilloa
inje papa— who is your father
majpwehkda— frightened
moi chuuba kapan picha— I did not see the pig
peinkapw— young woman
kupwa— very poor
koahmwihdi— comb
kajapwlakoan aio— day before yesterday
jandin e— toe
Padin pil— puddle
kidal emen emen— we know each other
prin— will be
jandiski— little finger
jabjab— machete
pij o kaujla nen woal o— the pig ran into the forest
kamwinge— feed
pahu— four
war— canoe
kid— thousand
nauna— bad
mwahliel— brain
poap— swim
dueijek— ninety
ngoah pirin kioang pijo woal o— I will give the pig to the man
ira koaroj— both
paijek— forty
sihlaboa— backbone
oaloa— receive
amwje— mosquito
lalal— talk
apwali— nurse
wehs— west
rep— to be broken or deflowered
kalahpwuk— alone
eng— air
joangda— cry
kikinpoa— fingernail
pehnpoa— armpit
pwukel— tip of penis (slang)
pehk— bag
kioak— spine foot (fish)
mwehu— good
soal— black
rien nohno lih— maternal aunt
umwpwoar— twin
koahmwi— comb
dopwurpwur— parrotfish
id— eel
pil siksik— pond
roangla— burned (food)
wos— living coral
aie— centipede
ere— connector of canoe to outrigger
domw— bald
kamw kele— clean
ohnmwahnloang— spider
o— there
Pehri— bamboo
malau— happy
oai mwah— brother in law
ia domwen— what is your name
pwenhg ngoah— tell me
sikesik, inoang— story
riau— two
mwoado, lap— old (person)
japan— kind
sas— to be in dire need of cigarettes
inoan— literally, 'knot at the reef'; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe
joi— puffer fish
asai— ours
pahien noai jermwein— daughter-in-law
woal o pirin kihdoam ngoahi pijo— the man will give the pig to me
mwumw— fish
Loange— sky
noaisik— to deliver children, to raise children
onopda— be prepared
apkas— now
angkoa— anchor
idang— press
johkak wiawi/johkin wiawi— impossible
sang, jok— fly
pel ou, pel emen— another
inim— burn
was— living coral
dapoar— catch
kodlaij— sword
mwuj— vomit
pweipwei— tuna
sihlanglang— rib
rajak mwein— front mast
koalik— huge
pohneje— recognize
dahr— fast
moangki— monkey
jiloa— axe
jukren mau— type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish
koauwehla, sipwang— break
ah— his
woaroa— neck
areloang— string inside the seam of one side of a sail
sohn kaul— singer
pain— female (gender)
doaroahla, kapisla— save
eijek duoau— nineteen
pwudong— have itch
pij soal jiluhmenne— these three black pigs
jandin e— toe
koapis— bow
rioai jerpein koalik— eldest sister
pi lap— river
injinjued— sad
risingda— pull open
paip— pipe
mesik— to kiss
pen— green coconut
sap— first
mwingehn minjoang— have breakfast
jeljel— gonorrhea
pwudo— sweat
umwoaihs— play
kojukdi— killed, be
poan sang— wing
pen pwulopwul— coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin
jasihkela— become ill
lopwlopw likoau— wash clothes
pwuko— basket
kapang, widahli— see
john mwoaswel— farmer
kajelel— hello
koapoanaw— chin
moai pa— heavy breadfruit
uhwoa— remain
pijin nehn woallo— wild boar
pij mene— this pig
eh, ngoah johmwehu — yes, I am sick
koaroa— heron
maraula— thirsty, be
kulul— cockroach
koalo— root
dokange— large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)
eh— yes
mehlel— true
kip— fall
kapwidwid— a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves
lijaian— pregnant
min— clean
oa doapoa— how many
mwein— male
pwun— shell
immas— ripe
moalkoahr— ash, ashes
siyasi— fashion earrings
kijou— run
dikoldikol— lumpy
pisjang— escape
ling— beautiful
pwok— small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)
opup— coconut crab
poa— hand
maj— warm
ia omwunu— where is your mother
wus— banana
rehn ohroj— every day
kidepw— to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed
moad— fat (of a person)
ijihjek— seventy
jahrin pohnseipil— table knife
kouda— to build up
koarda pilenau— salivate
mwumw— fish
kiliej— a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail
majipwehkda— scared

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