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suhkoa— tree
pwong— night
doapwoa— jerk
koasapijada— to start
parai— fry
rajak pein— bottom mast of a sail
mum— sweet
pisla— freed, be
jaihsnaip— army knife
kojukdi— make something die
japan— not stingy
manman— magic
loadload— sniff
soaksoak— thorn
karang— to heat
rioai jermwein/woal— brother
umwuj— vomit
blu— blue
mwaj— worm
li moado— very old woman
kapehl— skillful
rik— gather
nauna majo— ugly
rohs— flower
wud moadoak— hail
wahn pwij— two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia
ad— name
pwehk— bat
sihnmoang— skull
pij jilmenne— these three pigs
indoa— come
ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o.— I bought a hat.
loangin juke— fly
pwirejrej— dirty
okojda— burn
paoipaoi— hat
dihdi— bosom, breast
kalahs— smoke
kahs— steel drum
wilianda/wiliali— to exchange
aproa— shoulder
masak— hard
Mwaj pwilipwil— leech
jeprir— clumsy
mwangaj— coconut (past stage of drinking)
kia— the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger
joah kijou— don't run
loadmaj— kiss
wos— isolated parts of the reef
pwo— smell
waringara— sailing canoe
padil— paddle
kumwuspoa— fist
rehnoauwe— today
wonou— six
duhpek— starve
epwiki— hundred
injauwaj— noon
sioa— ear
wehwe— understand
pia— coconut milk (handmade)
engeng— dry
japoang— answer
noajnoaj— clean
meing— left (side)
loa— seat of a canoe
woalo— forest
keimwoas— to allow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (said of an octopus)
lal en Pohnpei— language of Pohnpei
min mwein, woal— male

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