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Jālwōj Jālooj {jalẹwẹj}. cf: jāl, wōj "facing you" or "facing beauty". Jālwōj district Iṃwej {yiṃyẹj}. cf: eṃ, ej iṃ, ej "glimpse to the east". Jālooj {jalẹwẹj}. cf: jāl, wōj "facing you" or "facing beauty". Jebwad {jebwad}. cf: Jebṇa and Jebtōkā . Jittok-eṇ {jittekʷ-yeṇ}. cf: tok "head in this direction". Lik-laḷ {lik-laḷ}. cf: liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Mejjae {mejjahyey}. cf: meja-, ae "eye of the current". Jālwōj islet Ae {hayey}. Ajej-eṇ {hajyẹj-yeṇ}. cf: ajej "divide". Anbōr {hanbẹr}. Āne-armej {yanẹy-harmẹj}. cf: armej "people". Āne-doul {yanẹy-dẹwil}. cf: doulul "round". Āne-jāiōñ {yanẹy-jayiyẹg}. Āne-jet {yanẹy-jet}. cf: jet "miscellaneous". Āne-mọmo {yanẹy-mawmẹw}. cf: mọ "taboo". Ānen-eṃṃaan {yanyen-yeṃṃahan}. cf: ṃōṃaan "men". Āne-piro {yanẹy-pirew}. cf: piro "twin". Anillep {hanillep}. cf: anil "large area without soil". Anṃaan {hanṃahan}. cf: ṃōṃaan "men". Annudik {hanniwdik}. Arbwā {harbay}. cf: bwā "fishpole". Arḷap {harḷap}. cf: ar, ḷap "large lagoon beach". Arro-eṇ {harrẹw-yeṇ}. cf: ro "jump into the water". Ārtok {yartekʷ}. cf: ār, tok "beach it hither". Bok-eṇ {bekʷ-yeṇ}. (3) Bok-kaṇ {bekʷ-kaṇ}. (3) Bok-kaṇ-raittok {bekʷ-kaṇ-rahyittekʷ}. cf: aetok "long". Bok-ḷapḷap {bekʷ-ḷapḷap}. Bokwalijṃaan {bekʷahlijṃahan}. cf: lij "crumble, wash down, of sand", ṃaan Liṃanṃan, with variant name Lijṃaan . Bokwan-ake {bekʷan-hakey}. cf: akā "inaccessible". Bokwan-kio {bekʷan-kiyew}. cf: kio "a plant". Bokwan-Lepeea {bekʷan-lẹpẹyyah}. Bokwan-peeḷ {bekʷan-peyeḷ}. cf: peeḷ "intercourse". Bokwan-tōrak {bekʷan-tẹhrak}. cf: tōrak "shield". Bokwan-uṃ {bekʷan-wiṃ}. cf: uṃ "oven". Bōtto {bettew}. Dān {dan}. cf: dān "water". Debwe-iu-eṇ {debey-yiw-yeṇ}. Jālwōj islet... Dede {deydey}. Diboñ {dibẹgʷ}. cf: diboñ "dark night". Ele {yẹlẹy}. cf: ele "fish string". Eowo {yewwew}. Iṃroj {yiṃrʷej}. cf: eṃ, roj "ebb tide house". Iṃwej {yiṃyẹj}. cf: eṃ, ej iṃ, ej "glimpse to the east". Itōbana {yitebanah}. Jaar {jahar}. cf: jaar "chief's sanctuary". Jabnodān {jabnewdan}. cf: jabōn, wōd "the tip of its coral". Jādkul {jadkʷil}. cf: jād, kul . Jālooj {jalẹwẹj}. cf: jāl, wōj "facing you" or "facing beauty". Jebṇa {jebṇah}. cf: jeb-, ṇa "reach the shoal". Jebwad {jebwad}. cf: Jebṇa and Jebtōkā . Jepeet {jepeyet}. Jepṇa {jepṇah}. cf: ṇa "shoal". Jerḷañ {jerlan}. cf: ḷañ "storm". Jidbokbok-kaṇ {jidbẹkʷbẹkʷ-kaṇ}. cf: bokbok "sandy". Jiḷoon {jiḷewen}. Jinpaḷ {jinpaḷ}. cf: bwijin paḷ "lots of sandpaper coral". Kāijen {kayijẹn}. Kapin-bok {kapin-bekʷ}. cf: bok "west side of the sandspit". Kiijen {kiyijẹn}. (2) Kina-joñ {kinah-jegʷ}. cf: kina, joñ "mangrove shoal". Kiur {kiywir}. cf: kior "storm". Laaṃ {lahaṃ}. Ḷañidaan {ḷagidahan}. Ḷarere {ḷarẹyrẹy}. cf: ḷarere "breeze". Lejroñ {lẹjregʷ}. Lepjer {lẹpjẹr}. Lōḷlaḷ {leḷlaḷ}. cf: laḷ "down to earth". Jālwōj islet... Ḷoñane {ḷʷegʷanẹy}. Mājrwi-rōk {majrʷiy-rẹk}. Mejatto {mejattew}. cf: mejatoto "possessed by ghosts", or mejān to "eye of the passage". Mejjae {mejjahyey}. cf: meja-, ae "eye of the current". Meñā {megay}. cf: ṃōñā "food". Ṇaan-kāmeej {ṇahan-kaymeyej}. cf: kāmeej "redwood driftwood shoal". Ṇaan-kōjeje {ṇahan-kẹjẹyjẹy}. cf: kōjeje "dry under sun". Ṇaan-kōjeje {ṇahan-kejeyjey}. Ṇaarmej {ṇaharmẹj}. cf: armej "people shoal". Nabbe {nabbẹy}. cf: nabbe "ugly". Ṇa-eṇ {ṇah-yeṇ}. cf: eṇ "the shoal". Ṇaṃṇōṃ {ṇaṃṇẹṃ}. cf: ṇaṃ "swarming with mosquitoes". Naṃ-oḷar {naṃ-weḷar}. cf: oḷar "small secondary lagoon". Nanij {nahnij}. Natọuj {nahtawij}. Ṇa-wetak {ṇa-weytak}. cf: wetak "go eastward". Nilep {niylep}. cf: ni, ḷap "big coconuts". Nōṃdān {neṃdan}. cf: naṃ, dān "lagoon water". Ñoñ {gʷegʷ}. cf: ñoñ "a fish". Oḷbwe {weḷbey}. Pekjā {pẹkjay}. cf: pek, jā "capsizing place". Pikjin {pikjin}. cf: pik, ijin "the surface here". Pikōn-erjab {piken-yerjab}. Piñlep {piglep}. Ruwa {rʷiwah}. cf: ri-, wa "crew". To {tew}. cf: to "channel, passage". Tōkā {tekay}. Toñal {tewgal}. cf: to, ñal "kneading pass"; former sandspit; perhaps a passage ( to ) even earlier. Urbaj {wirbaj}. cf: ur, baj "pubic abscess", or distortion of urabbaj "shinny up". Wōda {wedah}. cf: wōda "successful in fishing". Jālwōj islet... Wōtle {wẹtlẹy}. Wūleej-eṇ {wilẹyẹj-yeṇ}. Jālwōj tract Aebōj {hayẹbẹj}. cf: aebōj "well". (4) Aḷḷañan-eṇ {haḷḷagan-yeṇ}. Anbōr {hanbẹr}. Āne-jāltak {yanẹy-jaltak}. cf: jaḷ, tak "facing eastward". Āne-jāltak-rālik {yanẹy-jaltak-raylik}. Āne-jāltak-reeaar {yanẹy-jaltak-reyyahar}. Āne-jālto {yanẹy-jaltẹw}. cf: jaḷ, to "facing westward". Āne-kaṇ-jidik {yanẹy-kaṇ-jidik}. Āne-laṃōj {yanẹy-laṃẹj}. cf: laṃōj "shout". Annudik {hanniwdik}. Anoontak {hanewentak}. Anuuj {haniwij}. Arejebōn {hareyjeben}. cf: are, jabōn . Arjāl {harjal}. Arōjeboṇ {harẹjebeñ}. Bad-eṇ {bad-yeṇ}. cf: bad "place for divination". Bat-eṇ {bat-yeṇ}. Batin-dek {batin-dek}. Batin-kāmeej {batin-kaymeyej}. cf: kāmeej "redwood". Batin-nen {batin-nẹn}. cf: nen "a tree". Batin-utkōk {batin-witkẹk}. cf: utkōk "disrobe". Bōkāāḷkouj {bekayaḷkʷẹwij}. Bok-ed-rālik {bekʷ-yed-raylik}. Bok-ed-rear {bekʷ-yed-rẹyhar}. Bōke-eṇ {bẹkẹy-yeṇ}. (3) Bok-ḷañ-ioḷap {bekʷ-ḷag-yiyewḷap}. Bok-ḷañ-rālik {bekʷ-ḷag-raylik}. Bok-ḷañ-reeaar {bekʷ-ḷag-reyyahar}. Bokwan-kio {bekʷan-kiyew}. cf: kio "a plant". Bokwan-kiped {bekʷan-kiped}. cf: kiped "paddle". Bōn-eṇ {bẹn-yeṇ}. cf: bōn "place for floating corpses away". (2) Jālwōj tract... Bōre-jebọuwe {berey-jebawiwwey}. Būkien-kūtaak-eṇ {bikiyen-kitahak-yeṇ}. cf: kūtaak "a tree". Būḷaḷa {biḷahḷah}. Buoj {biwẹj}. cf: buoj "capital". (2) Buoj-kōp {biwẹj-kẹp}. cf: kōpkōp "struggle". Buwame {biwamẹy}. Bwijṃweerer {bijṃẹyẹryẹr}. Dọuk-eṇ {dawik-yeṇ}. cf: dọuk "lower it". Ejje {yẹjjẹy}. cf: ejje "navigational sign". El-ak {yel-hak}. cf: el "nest", ak "frigate bird". El-buñbuñ {yel-bigʷbigʷ}. cf: buñbuñ "famous". El-eṇ {yẹl-yeṇ}. cf: el "nest". (2) El-eṇ {yel-yeṇ}. (2) Eoon-maaj {yewen-mahaj}. cf: eoo-, maaj "clear surface". (3) Epni {yepniy}. cf: iep "basket", ni "coconut". Jabōn-aidikdik {jaben-hayidikdik}. cf: aidik "narrow tip". Jabōn-āneo {jaben-yanyew}. cf: āne "end of the islet". Jabōn-bok {jaben-bekʷ}. cf: bok "tip of the sandspit". Jabōn-bok-ioḷap {jaben-bekʷ-yiyewḷap}. Jabōn-bok-rālik {jaben-bekʷ-raylik}. Jabōn-bok-reeaar {jaben-bekʷ-reyyahar}. Jabōn-bōl {jaben-bẹl}. cf: bōl "end of the taro pit". Jabōn-looj {jaben-lẹwẹj}. cf: lo, wōj "see beauty" or Looj "an islet and a clan name ( RiLoojraṇ ). Jabōn-pāāt {jaben-payat}. cf: pāāt "low tide". (2) Jabukwi {jabikʷiy}. cf: jabuk "catch them with the long net". Jādkinḷat {jadkinḷat}. cf: jād, kōn, ḷat "drying rack with coconut shell". Jebḷotak {jebḷewtak}. cf: jab, ḷotak "not born". Jedelañ {jedeylag}. cf: jedelañ "supine; observe the heavens; look up at the sky". Jeṇ-irōk {jeṇ-yirẹk}. cf: jeṇ "there in the south". Jeṇrōk {jeṇrẹk}. cf: jeṇ "there, rōk "south". (4) Jālwōj tract... Jepaan {jepahan}. Jilel {jilẹl}. Jilñid {jilgid}. Jiroñ {jiregʷ}. cf: jiroñ "maiden". Jitlọk-kaṇ {jitlakʷ-kaṇ}. cf: jitḷok "those plantation plantings". Jitni {jitniy}. Kāārlik {kayarlik}. cf: ār "beach canoes on the ocean side". Kabokbok-eṇ {kabekʷbekʷ-yeṇ}. Kālik-kear {kaylik-keyhar}. cf: kālik "go back and forth from lagoon side to oceanside". (2) Kañkōto {kagkẹtẹw}. cf: kañ, kōto "eats the wind". Kapi-towa {kapiy-tewah}. cf: towa "west of; the beaching spot". Keepepli {kẹyẹpyẹpliy}. cf: keepep "bird snare". Kiijen-iōñ {kiyijẹn-yiyẹg}. Kiijen-irōk {kiyijẹn-yirẹk}. Kijinṃūk {kijinṃik}. cf: kijin, ṃōk "reward for fatigue (in fighting)". Kinej-eṇ {kinẹj-yeṇ}. cf: kinej "that scar". Kudiil-eṇ {kʷidiyil-yeṇ}. cf: kudil "a fish". Kuwato {kʷiwatẹw}. Kwōdo {kʷedew}. cf: RuKwōdo "clan name". Lijedkā {lijẹdkay}. cf: jedkā "Mrs. Choose". Likin-ilọk {likin-yilakʷ}. cf: ilọk "go away". Lik-rōk {lik-rẹk}. cf: rōk "south". Lipoojḷā {lipewejḷay}. cf: po, wōjḷā "Mrs. Take-down-sail". Lọ-aik-eṇ {law-hayik-yeṇ}. cf: aik "at the boat towing place". Lọ-bok-eṇ-rālik {law-bekʷ-yeṇ-raylik}. cf: bok "sandspit". Lọ-bok-eṇ-reeaar {law-bekʷ-yeṇ-reyyahar}. Lọ-eo-eṇ {law-yẹw-yeṇ}. cf: eo "at the wet place". (3) Lo-iemaaj {lew-yiyemahaj}. cf: maaj "clearing". Lo-jekar {lew-jekar}. cf: jekar . Lo-katok {lew-katekʷ}. cf: katok "sacrifice". (2) Jālwōj tract... Lokḷap {lẹkʷḷap}. cf: lok, ioḷap "middle". Lọ-kōjbar {law-kẹjbar}. cf: kōjbar "a tree". (3) Lọ-kōñe {law-kẹgẹy}. cf: kōñe "a tree". Lọ-kōṇo {law-keṇew}. cf: kōṇo "a tree". Lọ-kūtaak {law-kitahak}. cf: kūtaak "a tree". Lo-Ḷaat {lew-ḷahat}. cf: Ḷaat "name of a cape on Piñlep islet. Lọ-liṃ-eṇ {law-liṃ-yeṇ}. cf: liṃ "murky water". Lo-maaj {lew-mahaj}. cf: maaj "clearing". Lọ-mejje-eṇ {law-mẹjjẹy-yeṇ}. cf: mejje "opening between islets". Lo-ṃōkā {lew-ṃekay}. cf: ṃōkā "these houses". Lọ-ṃōkādik {law-ṃekaydik}. cf: ṃōkā "at these small houses". Lọ-ṃōk-rālik {law-ṃek-raylik}. Lọ-ṃōk-reeaar {law-ṃek-reyyahar}. Ḷoñane {ḷʷegʷanẹy}. Lo-pat {lew-pat}. cf: pat "at the swamp". Ḷōruk {ḷerikʷ}. cf: ḷōruk "second crop". Lo-to-eṇ {lew-tew-yeṇ}. Lọ-toṇak {law-tẹwṇak}. cf: toṇak "at the parting of the trees". (2) Lọ-tuon-pako {law-tiwen-pakew}. cf: tuon, pako "skill of the shark". Ḷọuwe {ḷawiwẹy}. Ṃaidikdik {ṃahyidikdik}. cf: eṃ aidik "narrow house", also ṃōṃaidikdik "whisper". Ṃajjor {ṃajjerʷ}. cf: ṃaj "eel", jejor "shade the eyes while looking for fish". Majoḷ {mahjeḷʷ}. Ṃakin {ṃakin}. Mālila {maliylah}. Ṃanit {ṃanit}. cf: ṃanit "custom". Ṃanneen {ṃanneyen}. Mānniplak {manniplak}. Ṃanoṃa {ṃanewṃah}. Ṃan-to {ṃan-tẹw}. cf: to "husk soaking pit". Jālwōj tract... Mejoto-eṇ {mẹjẹwtẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jo, to "float loose westward". Ṃōjaankul {ṃejahankʷil}. cf: ṃōjaan kul, or perhaps kwōl "sanderling". Ṃōjjeraak {ṃejjerahak}. cf: jejeraak "house where it is time to tack". Ṃōjṃōjin {ṃẹjṃẹjin}. cf: ṃōj "finish". Ṃōlala {ṃelahlah}. cf: lala "hen house", or possibly kūbween lọlọ "house of dirty waste water". Ṃōḷañ {ṃeḷag}. cf: ḷañ "storm"; see also ṃōḷañḷōṇ "nausea". Ṃōḷḷoñ {ṃẹḷḷẹgʷ}. cf: ḷoñ "house of ants". Ṃōñādik {ṃegaydik}. cf: ṃōñā, dik "eat little". Ṃōn-aidik {ṃen-hayidik}. cf: aidik "narrow". Ṃōn-ak {ṃen-hak}. cf: ak "frigate bird". (3) Ṃōn-apet {ṃen-hapẹt}. cf: apet "canoe part". Ṃōn-bōd {ṃen-bed}. cf: bōd "turtle shell". Ṃōn-bwidej {ṃen-bidẹj}. cf: bwidej "soil". Ṃōn-bwilōñ {ṃen-bileg}. cf: bwilōñ "surprise". Ṃōn-erran {ṃen-yerran}. cf: rōran "dirty". Ṃōn-iu {ṃen-yiw}. cf: iu "sprouted coconut". Ṃōn-kañal {ṃen-kahgal}. cf: kañal "a tree". Ṃōn-kear {ṃen-keyhar}. Ṃōn-keār {ṃen-keyyar}. cf: keār "tern". (2) Ṃōn-kiep {ṃen-kiyẹp}. cf: kieb "spider lily". Ṃōn-kilabōd {ṃen-kilahbed}. cf: bōd "turtle shell". Ṃōn-kio {ṃen-kiyew}. cf: kio "a plant". Ṃōn-kōṇṇat {ṃen-kẹṇṇat}. cf: kōṇṇat "a shrub". (2) Ṃōn-kōṇo {ṃen-keṇew}. cf: kōṇo "a tree". (3) Ṃōn-koobob {ṃen-kʷewebweb}. cf: koobob "squeeze into a small space". Ṃōn-kōto {ṃẹn-kẹtẹw}. cf: kōto "wind". Ṃōn-kūbwe {ṃen-kibey}. cf: kūbwe "feces". (3) Ṃōn-kupañ {ṃen-kʷipag}. cf: kupañ "surgeonfish". Ṃōn-kūtiij {ṃen-kitiyij}. Ṃōn-kwōleej {ṃen-kʷeleyej}. Jālwōj tract... Ṃōn-ḷañ {ṃen-ḷag}. cf: ḷañ "storm". Ṃōn-lokḷap {ṃen-lẹkʷḷap}. (2) Ṃōn-lo-mar {ṃen-lẹw-mar}. Ṃōn-uṃ {ṃen-wiṃ}. cf: uṃ "earth oven". Ṃōn-watak {ṃen-wahtak}. cf: watak "stand by weir waiting for tide". Ṃōn-wōt {ṃen-wet}. cf: wōt "wild taro". Ṃōn-wūjek {ṃen-wijẹk}. cf: wūjek "be proud of". Ṃōn-wūjooj {ṃen-wijẹwẹj}. cf: wūjooj "grass". Moottoonpād {mewettewenpad}. Ṃōrrōto {ṃerretew}. Ṃūrar {ṃirar}. cf: ṃūrar "reddish color". Ṃurle {ṃirʷlẹy}. cf: ṃur, le "albatross appears", or short for ṃurun le "flock of albatross". Ṃwe-det {ṃey-det}. cf: det "house of sunshine". Ṃweeṇ-elip {ṃeyeṇ-yelip}. cf: ḷap "large". Ṃweeṇ-iaar {ṃeyeṇ-yiyahar}. cf: ar "that house at the lagoon beach". Ṃweeṇ-ioḷap {ṃeyeṇ-yiyewḷap}. cf: ioḷap "in the middle". (4) Ṃweeṇ-iooj {ṃeyeṇ-yiyẹwẹj}. cf: iooj "that house in the interior". (2) Ṃweeṇ-ḷap {ṃeyeṇ-ḷap}. cf: ḷap "large". Ṃweeṇ-lọ-joñ {ṃeyeṇ-law-jegʷ}. cf: lọ, joñ "that house at the mangrove". Ṃwe-jak {ṃey-jak}. cf: jak "net string". Ṃwiddik-kaṇ {ṃiddik-kaṇ}. cf: dik "those small houses". Ṃwijjinep {ṃijjinep}. Naṃdān {naṃdan}. Ṇonmeea {ñenmeyyah}. Oḷabkōn {weḷabkẹn}. Or-eṇ {wer-yeṇ}. cf: or . Orḷap {werḷap}. cf: or, ḷap "big or ". Pat-dik {pat-dik}. cf: pat "swamp". Patiddik {patiddik}. cf: pat, dik "wee swamp". Patto {pattẹw}. cf: pat, to "swamp soaking pit". Jālwōj tract... Peñak {pegak}. cf: peñak "bay". Penaṃ {pẹynaṃ}. cf: pepepe, naṃ "float in the secondary lagoon". (2) Penām {pẹynam}. cf: Penaṃ "tract name". Peniaḷ {penyiyaḷ}. cf: iaḷ "road"; see also Pepen-wōd "Aur tract name". Penpat {penpat}. cf: pat "swamp". Pienḷwe {piyenḷʷẹy}. cf: pieo, ḷwe . Pienmej {piyenmẹj}. cf: pieo, mej . Pienmen {piyenmẹn}. cf: pieo . Pietto {piyettẹw}. Piieoḷḷe {piyyeweḷḷẹy}. cf: pieo, ḷwe . Piieoṇḷwe-rālik {piyyeweṇḷʷẹy-raylik}. cf: pieo, ḷwe . Piieoṇḷwe-reeaar {piyyeweṇḷʷẹy-reyyahar}. Pijidọọj {pijidawaj}. Pikadet {pikadet}. cf: badet "a fish". Pikeed-rālik {pikeyed-raylik}. Pikeed-reeaar {pikeyed-reyyahar}. Pikien {pikiyen}. Pipi {piypiy}. cf: pipi "nap". Rārōk-eṇ {rayrẹk-yeṇ}. Taarwa {taharwah}. cf: taar, wa "push away a canoe". Tawūno {tahwinew}. cf: ta, wūno "what medicine?". Tinak {tinak}. cf: tinak "stay put". Tōbaaḷ {tebahaḷ}. cf: tōb, aḷ "pull up the sun". Tōkā {tekay}. Tōmeiñ {temẹyig}. Tọọk {tawak}. cf: tọọk "dry-dock". Toorwa {tẹwẹrwah}. Tūbwiene {tibiyyẹnẹy}. cf: tūb "enjoy", āne "islet"; possibly from ej joktok tūbiene "it alights to enjoy the islet". Tur {tirʷ}. cf: tur "end of islet". Ukoktak-kaṇ {wikʷwẹkʷtak-kaṇ}. cf: ukoktak "those fluctuations". Jālwōj tract... Wa-eṇ {wah-yeṇ}. cf: wa "the canoe". Waikiki {wahyikiykiy}. Wālọk-eṇ {waylakʷ-yeṇ}. cf: wālọk "go away". Welọk-eṇ {weylakʷ-yeṇ}. Wetaan-bōl {weytahan-bẹl}. cf: wetaa-, bōl "on the east side of the taro pit". Wōtle {wẹtlẹy}. Wūjlañ {wijlag}. cf: wūj, lañ "rough, cloudy sky". Wūlka {wilkah}. Wūlkā {wilkay}. Jebat Jebat {jebat}. cf: bat "hill". Jebat tract Āne-rā-eṇ {yanẹy-ray-yeṇ}. cf: rā "board". Bōran-bōl {beran-bẹl}. cf: bōran "head of", bōl "taro pit". Erḷañ {yerḷag}. cf: er-, ḷañ "getting a storm". Lọ-bwiddik {law-biddik}. cf: bwiddik "small piece of land". Lọ-tilaan {law-tilahan}. cf: tilaan "basaltic rock which floats ashore". Ṃajjoḷañ {ṃajjẹwḷag}. Mejān-atūñ {mejan-hatig}. cf: māj, atūñ "eye of the land crab". Ṃōḷapḷap {ṃeḷapḷap}. Ṃōn-kodaaj {ṃen-kewdahaj}. cf: kodaaj "go away". Ṃōn-mọr {ṃen-marʷ}. Ṃwin-ito {ṃin-yitẹw}. cf: ito "go west". Jemọ Jemọ {jaymaw}. cf: mọ "taboo". |