Place Names of the Marshall Islands
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Ellep Ellep {yellep}. cf: el, ḷap "big nest". Ellep district Jitniñeañ-eṇ {jitnigyag-yeṇ}. cf: jitniñeañ "lies straight northward". Ellep household Kapin-maaj {kapin-mahaj}. cf: maaj "west side of the clearing". Ṃōn-arot {ṃen-harʷet}. cf: arot "a game". Tūbab {tibab}. cf: bab "a shark". Ellep tract Akadik-eṇ {hakahdik-yeṇ}. Ao-eṇ {hahwew-yeṇ}. cf: ao "legendary power". Arōn-elenej {haren-yẹlẹnẹj}. Bar-mej {bar-mẹj}. Bati-jilauwā {batiy-jilahwiway}. Bōran-bōl {beran-bẹl}. cf: bōran "head of", bōl "taro pit". Deñōj-eṇ {degej-yeṇ}. cf: deñdeñ . Eoon-meto-in {yewen-metew-yin}. cf: meto "this ocean surface". Jabōn-bok {jaben-bekʷ}. cf: bok "tip of the sandspit". Jabōn-pāāt {jaben-payat}. cf: pāāt "low tide". Jake-pọ {jakẹy-paw}. Jato {jatew}. Jetā {jetay}. Kapin-bōl {kapin-bẹl}. cf: bōl "bottom of the taro pit". Kapin-kor {kapin-kʷẹr}. cf: kor "bottom of the coconut shell". Kapi-to {kapiy-tẹw}. cf: to "bottom of the husk soaking pit". Kūtoob {kiteweb}. Lọ-buñ {law-bigʷ}. cf: buñ "where things are always falling off the trees". Lo-iaḷ {lew-yiyaḷ}. cf: iaḷ "path". Lọ-iō-eṇ {law-yiyeh-yeṇ}. cf: iō "sprouted coconut". Lọ-kijato {law-kijatew}. cf: kōjato "at the shelter". Lọ-kōjbar {law-kẹjbar}. cf: kōjbar "a tree". Lọ-kōṇo {law-keṇew}. cf: kōṇo "a tree". Lọ-kūtak {law-kitak}. cf: kūtak "wind from southwest". Ṃaidikdik {ṃahyidikdik}. cf: eṃ aidik "narrow house", also ṃōṃaidikdik "whisper". Ṃakil {ṃakil}. Ṃōn-alooj {ṃen-halẹwẹj}. cf: alwōj "look at". Ṃōn-arṃwe {ṃen-harṃey}. cf: arṃwe "a tree". Ṃōn-kōñe {ṃen-kẹgẹy}. cf: kōñe "a tree". Ṃool-eṇ {ṃewel-yeṇ}. cf: ṃool "truth". Oṇṇa-eṇ {weṇṇah-yeṇ}. cf: ṇa "shoal". Ellep tract... Pat-dik {pat-dik}. cf: pat "swamp". Pat-eṇ-lik {pat-yeṇ-lik}. Ror-eṇ {rʷerʷ-yeṇ}. cf: ror . Wūjen {wijen}. cf: wūje- "part of (it)". Epoon Epoon {yepewen}. cf: iep waan "a type of basket which the atoll is thought to be shaped like". Epoon channel To {tew}. cf: to "channel, passage". Epoon district Āni-look {yaniy-lẹwẹk}. Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". Rālikin-to {raylikin-tew}. cf: rālik, to "west of the pass". Rārōk-kaṇ {rayrẹk-kaṇ}. Tōkā {tekay}. Wetaan-to {weytahan-tew}. cf: wetaa-, to "on the east side of the pass". Epoon household Ṃōn-kōtak {ṃen-ketak}. cf: kōtak "Kusaiean taro". Ṃōttōllōñ {ṃẹttẹllẹg}. cf: tōtōlōñ "look up". Epoon islet Āne-armej {yanẹy-harmẹj}. cf: armej "people". Āne-ko-iōñ {yanẹy-kẹw-yiyẹg}. Āne-mọọn {yanẹy-mawan}. cf: mọ "his taboo islet". Āni-look {yaniy-lẹwẹk}. Bwilel {bilẹl}. Demdọḷ {demdaḷʷ}. Didi {diydiy}. cf: di "bony" or "teeming with oysters". Emmeej {yemmeyej}. cf: memeej "it is attractive". Eneọr {yenyarʷ}. cf: āne, eọr "islet of going aground (a British ship went aground here)". Epoon {yepewen}. cf: iep waan "a type of basket which the atoll is thought to be shaped like". Iio {yiyẹw}. cf: io "the whole". Juroj {jirʷẹj}. Kuṃkuṃḷap {kʷiṃkʷiṃḷap}. Kurob {kirʷẹb}. Ṇaan-men {ṇahan-men}. cf: men "things, creatures". Ṇa-kor {ṇah-kʷẹr}. cf: kor "coconut shell". Pikre {pikrẹy}. cf: rōre "look". Roā {rẹwyay}. Tile {tilẹy}. cf: tile "burn it". Epoon rock Barḷap {barḷap}. cf: bar, ḷap "big rock". Epoon tract Aej {hayẹj}. Akadik-eṇ {hakahdik-yeṇ}. (2) Ālālen-iōñ {yalyalen-yiyẹg}. Ālālen-irōk {yalyalen-yirẹk}. Aḷḷoñwetak {haḷḷegʷweytak}. Āne-dikdik-iar {yanẹy-dikdik-yiyhar}. Āne-dikdik-ilik {yanẹy-dikdik-yilik}. Āne-tōp {yanẹy-tẹp}. cf: tōp "encouragement". Añtak-kaṇ {hagtak-kaṇ}. cf: añ, tak "places where the breeze sometimes comes from the west". Aojañ {hawejag}. cf: ao, jañ . Aoroñ {haweregʷ}. Baidik {bahyidik}. cf: baidik "Boston fern". Banep {bahnep}. Bar-aetoktok {bar-hayetekʷtekʷ}. cf: bar, aetok "long rock". Barror {barrerʷ}. cf: bar, ror "roaring rock". Bōdao {bedahwew}. cf: bōd "turtle shell", ao "oil under turtle shell". Bōkā-eṇ {bekay-yeṇ}. cf: bōkā "tide" or "oil container". Bok-ajaj {bekʷ-hajhaj}. cf: ajaj "clam shell, hard rock". Bōke-eṇ {bẹkẹy-yeṇ}. Boon-alen {bewen-halen}. Bour {bẹwir}. Būkōn-laletak {biken-lahleytak}. cf: lale, tak "look eastward". Buoj-ḷañ-iōñ {biwẹj-ḷag-yiyẹg}. Buoj-ḷañ-irōk {biwẹj-ḷag-yirẹk}. Demdọḷ {demdaḷʷ}. Eaḷḷwōj {yaḷʷḷʷẹj}. El-buñbuñ {yel-bigʷbigʷ}. cf: buñbuñ "famous". El-jar {yel-jar}. Elmen {yẹlmẹn}. cf: elmen "skirt". El-pālu {yel-paliw}. cf: eḷ, pālu "a club of big shots". El-pene {yel-pẹnẹy}. cf: pen "encourage him". Epoon tract... Enbar {yenbar}. cf: āne, bar "rock isle". Eoon-maaj {yewen-mahaj}. cf: eoo-, maaj "clear surface". (2) Epḷañ {yepḷag}. cf: epliklik, ḷañ "usually storm". Eram {yeram}. cf: era- "our sitting mat". Jab-ej {jab-yẹj}. cf: jab, ej jabōn, ej "eastern corner". Jabkwōl {jabkʷel}. Jabōjjirooj {jabejjirewej}. cf: irooj "chief". Jabōn-kūrañrañ {jaben-kiragrag}. cf: kūrañ "a plant" or rañrañ "get warm by a fire". Jade-eṇ {jahdẹy-yeṇ}. cf: jade "roost". Jāina {jayinah}. Jaḷto-rōk-eṇ {jaḷtẹw-rẹk-yeṇ}. Jattimlij {jattimlij}. Jebwā {jebay}. cf: jebwā "a coral"; jebwābwe "be lost". Jekar {jekar}. cf: jekar . Jekrak {jekrak}. Jenbōn-kaṇ {jẹnbẹn-kaṇ}. cf: Jelbōn "Mili islet"; bōn "place for making magic". Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". Jokiae {jewkiyhayey}. cf: jokiae "young stage of coconut growth". Jokoojwa {jẹkʷẹwẹjwah}. cf: jokoojwa "grated coconut". Jōḷañ {jẹhḷag}. Kimej-eṇ {kimẹj-yeṇ}. cf: kimej "frond". Kobūkōr {kʷebikẹr}. cf: ko "separate, būkōr "a plant" "the būkōr plants separate this tract from the next one". Kōjbar-kaṇ {kẹjbar-kaṇ}. cf: kōjbar "a tree". Kōṃanṃankōj {keṃanṃankẹj}. cf: kōṃanṃan "make peace with/among us". Kōñe-kaṇ {kẹgẹy-kaṇ}. Kọrere-iōñ {kʷarʷẹyrẹy-yiyẹg}. cf: rere "peep". Kọrere-irōk {kʷarʷẹyrẹy-yirẹk}. Koto {kʷẹwtẹw}. cf: ko, to "flee westward". Kubōk-eṇ {kʷibẹk-yeṇ}. cf: kubōk "a tree". Kuoj {kʷiwej}. Epoon tract... Kūttiij {kittiyij}. cf: tūtijij "place for cooking greasy fish". Kuwaro {kʷiwarew}. Ḷam-eṇ {ḷam-yeṇ}. cf: ḷam "bay". Lejroñ {lejregʷ}. Likin-apñak {likin-hapgak}. Likin-Ṃōn-kwōleej {likin-ṃen-kʷeleyej}. cf: Ṃōn-kwōleej "Ebon tract". Limarpe {limarpey}. Lo-āpep {lew-yapyẹp}. Lọ-būkōr {law-bikẹr}. cf: būkōr "a plant". Lọ-kiep {law-kiyẹp}. cf: kieb "spider lily". Ḷōkōbo {ḷẹkẹbẹw}. Lọ-kōṇo {law-keṇew}. cf: kōṇo "a tree". Lōkōt {lẹkẹt}. cf: likūt "deposit". Lo-ḷam-eṇ {lew-ḷam-yeṇ}. Lo-Ḷōpako {lew-lepakew}. cf: pako "Mr. Shark". Lọ-mejate {law-mejatẹy}. cf: mejate "path to the beach". Lọ-ṃwilik-eṇ {law-ṃilik-yeṇ}. Lọ-or {law-wer}. cf: or . Lọọrkā-eṇ {lawarkay-yeṇ}. Lo-pat {lew-pat}. cf: pat "at the swamp". Lọ-piñpiñ {law-pigpig}. cf: piñpiñ "a tree". Lọ-wōne {law-wẹnẹy}. cf: wōn "at the place of this turtle". Maajin-wūd {mahajin-wid}. cf: maaj, wūd "clearing of bits and pieces". Māānwa {mayanwah}. cf: mā, wa "breadfruit (wood) for a canoe". Ṃaidikdik {ṃahyidikdik}. cf: eṃ aidik "narrow house", also ṃōṃaidikdik "whisper". Ṃakin {ṃakin}. Maḷkwōn {maḷkʷen}. cf: Maḷkwōn "Wotje tract", Ṃaḷkwōn "Rongelap tract". Ṃandik-kaṇ {ṃandik-kaṇ}. Ṃaṇe {ṃahṇey}. Ṃankōn {ṃankẹn}. Epoon tract... Ṃanneen {ṃanneyen}. Marmer {marmẹr}. cf: mar "bushes". Mej-kadu-eṇ {mẹj-kadiw-yeṇ}. cf: kadu "that short reef". Menanuon {menahniwẹn}. cf: rimmenanuwe "elves". Metḷanel {metḷanyel}. cf: matoḷ, el "third part of the nest". Ṃōjjero {ṃẹjjẹyrẹw}. cf: ṃōjjero "a food". Ṃōjjetōp {ṃẹjjẹtẹp}. cf: jetōp "house of spirits". Ṃōjjōjō {ṃẹjjẹhjẹh}. cf: jejō "ugly house". Ṃōḷap {ṃeḷap}. cf: ḷap "big house". Ṃōḷaplej {ṃeḷaplẹj}. Ṃōn-arar {ṃen-harhar}. cf: arar "stir fire or food"; "pick meat from clam shell". Ṃōn-barwat {ṃen-barwat}. cf: bar, wat "head of the puffer fish". Ṃōn-bok-iiōñ {ṃen-bekʷ-yiyyẹg}. Ṃōn-bok-irōk {ṃen-bekʷ-yiyrẹk}. Ṃōn-kino {ṃen-kinew}. cf: kino "fern". Ṃōn-kūtiij {ṃen-kitiyij}. Ṃōn-kwōleej {ṃen-kʷeleyej}. Ṃōn-mọ-eṇ {ṃen-maw-yeṇ}. cf: mọ "taboo". Ṃōn-oṃa {ṃen-weṃah}. cf: uṃa "kiss". Ṃōn-pit {ṃen-pit}. cf: pit "twist sennit". Ṃōn-waaktak {ṃen-wahaktak}. Ṃōn-wōt {ṃen-wet}. cf: wōt "wild taro". Morkwā-eṇ {merʷkʷay-yeṇ}. Ṃūtutu {ṃitiwtiw}. cf: tutu "bathe". Ṃuujilen {ṃiwijyilen}. cf: ṃuuj, el "pile up plant materials for its nest". Ṃweeṇ-edik {ṃeyeṇ-yedik}. cf: dik "small". (2) Ṃweeṇ-ioḷap {ṃeyeṇ-yiyewḷap}. cf: ioḷap "in the middle". Ṃwidu {ṃidiw}. cf: eṃ, du "house where they gather to dance". Ṃwijin-ni {ṃijin-niy}. cf: ni "after the coconut". Ṃwin-eak {ṃin-yak}. cf: eak "legendary pile of copra". Epoon tract... Ṃwin-kūbwe {ṃin-kibey}. cf: kūbwe "feces". Niin-mar-eañ {niyin-mar-yag}. cf: ni, mar "coconuts of the bushes". Ṇoṇmeea {ñeñmeyyah}. Orbwilọk {werbilakʷ}. cf: bwilọk "broken". Or-eṇ {wer-yeṇ}. cf: or . Orḷap {werḷap}. cf: or, ḷap "big or ". Parij-eṇ {parij-yeṇ}. cf: parij "starry flounder". Peḷaakdik-aidikdik {peḷahakdik-hayidikdik}. cf: peḷaak, dik "cloud passes by a little". Peḷaakdik-ḷapḷap {peḷahakdik-ḷapḷap}. Peḷkā {peḷkay}. cf: peḷ "these peḷ coral". Peḷo {peḷew}. cf: peḷo "a tree". Piddik {piddik}. cf: pid, dik "small rump". Pikōn-keke {piken-keykey}. cf: pik, keke "surface of cranes". Pipi {piypiy}. cf: pipi "nap". Rijuut {rijiwit}. Rupe {rʷiwpẹy}. cf: rup "break it". Takijab {takiyjab}. cf: tak, jab "not (see the sun)rise (?)". Tilo {tilew}. Tōbaaḷ {tebahaḷ}. cf: tōb, aḷ "pull up the sun". Tōbar {tẹhbar}. cf: tō "string", bar "rocks". To-kaṇ {tew-kaṇ}. Toon-aj {tewen-haj}. cf: to, aj "small pond for soaking thatch". Tọọr-eṇ {tawar-yeṇ}. cf: tọọr "that place with water on the reef". Tọọr-kōto {tawar-kẹtẹw}. cf: kōto "windy pond". Toorwa {tewerwah}. Tuo {tiwew}. Uṇṇa {wiṇṇah}. cf: wūn, ṇa "shoal base". (2) Utrōk {witrẹk}. cf: ut, rōk "southern flower". Wā {way}. cf: wā "stab". Wab-eṇ {wab-yeṇ}. cf: wab "pier". Epoon tract... Wālọk-eṇ {waylakʷ-yeṇ}. cf: wālọk "go away". Wōjaan-kōlōk {wejahan-kelek}. cf: kōlōk "scene of fullness". Wōndik {wẹndik}. cf: wōn "small turtle". |