Place Names of the Marshall Islands
Atolls & Islands
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Lae Lae {lahyey}. cf: ḷae "calm water". Lae district Aetọ {hayetaw}. cf: aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Eoon-ene {yewen-yẹnẹy}. Lik-laḷ {lik-laḷ}. cf: liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Lae islet Aḷkadik {haḷkahdik}. Āne-jālto {yanẹy-jaltẹw}. cf: jaḷ, to "facing westward". Āne-ṃanṃan {yanẹy-ṃanṃan}. cf: ṃanṃan "slaughter". Āneṇ-iōñ {yanyeṇ-yiyẹg}. Āne-rein {yanẹy-rẹyin}. Bok-Limāiddik {bekʷ-limayiddik}. Bok-ḷuḷu {bekʷ-ḷiwiḷiw}. cf: ḷuḷu "a game". Bokwan-aetok {bekʷan-hayetekʷ}. cf: ae "current", tok "hither". Bokwan-kiden {bekʷan-kidẹn}. cf: kiden "beach borage". Bwe {bẹy}. cf: bwe "divination knot". Dame {dahmey}. Dame-dik {dahmey-dik}. Dame-rilik {dahmey-riylik}. Diboñ {dibẹgʷ}. cf: diboñ "dark night". Eoon-epje {yewen-yepjẹy}. Kōpin-le {kepin-lẹy}. cf: kepin, le "shoot albatross with a sling". Lae {lahyey}. cf: ḷae "calm water". Leep {leyep}. cf: leep "folk dance". Looj {lẹwẹj}. cf: Looj "clan name". Ḷwe-jab {ḷʷẹy-jab}. cf: ḷwe "pond". Ṇa-boñ {ṇah-bẹgʷ}. cf: boñ "night shoal". Pikōlāpet {pikẹlapet}. Pikōn-aj {pikẹn-haj}. cf: aj "surface of thatch". To-eṇ {tew-yeṇ}. cf: to "the channel". Lae sandspit Jāidboñ {jayidbẹgʷ}. cf: jā, diboñ "cumulus clouds cover the sky on a dark night". Lae tract Aebōj {hayẹbẹj}. cf: aebōj "well". Arjeltak {harjeltak}. Bakkūr {bakkir}. Bareọ-ireeaar {baryaw-yirẹyyahar}. cf: bar, eọ "tattoo rock". Bareọ-irilik {baryaw-yiriylik}. Doot {dẹwẹt}. Ememe {yẹmyẹmẹy}. cf: ememej "memory". Jabōn-bok {jaben-bekʷ}. cf: bok "tip of the sandspit". Jekiik-tok {jekiyik-tekʷ}. cf: jejeikik "excited". Jikako {jikakẹw}. Jiḷoon {jiḷewen}. Jōḷañ {jẹhḷag}. Kāiuiu {kayiwyiw}. cf: kaiuiu "gather sprouted coconut". Kajāduḷot {kajadiḷʷet}. Kapi-jebwan {kapiy-jebwan}. Kōḷōjjab {keḷejjab}. Lo-ākā {lew-yakay}. cf: ākā "pile of stones; crab trap". Lọ-joñ-eṇ {law-jegʷ-yeṇ}. cf: joñ "mangrove". Lo-kālōklōk {lew-kaylẹklẹk}. cf: kālōklōk "at the thorny tree". Lo-maaj {lew-mahaj}. cf: maaj "clearing". Lọ-mejto {law-mẹjtẹw}. cf: mejeto "path to the beach". Lo-ṃōkā-ireeaar {lew-ṃekay-yirẹyyahar}. Lo-ṃōkā-irilik {lew-ṃekay-yiriylik}. Lọ-piñpiñ {law-pigpig}. cf: piñpiñ "a tree". Lọ-toṇak {law-tẹwṇak}. cf: toṇak "at the parting of the trees". Ṃojā {ṃewjay}. Ṃōjat {ṃejat}. cf: jat "under the surface of the water". Ṃōn-kōlōk {ṃen-kẹlẹk}. cf: kōlōk "full". Ṃōn-kūbwe {ṃen-kibey}. cf: kūbwe "feces". Ṃōn-kwōleej {ṃen-kʷeleyej}. Ṃōn-kwōpej {ṃen-kʷẹpẹj}. Lae tract... Ṃōn-lokḷap {ṃen-lekʷḷap}. Ṃōn-wūliej {ṃen-wiliyẹj}. cf: wūliej "cemetery". Ṃo-raiiōñ {ṃew-rahyiyyẹg}. Ṃo-rairōk {ṃew-rahyiyrẹk}. Ṃūkōn {ṃiken}. Ṃweej {ṃẹyẹj}. cf: ej "high, eastern". Nōḷpi {neḷpiy}. Pelae {pelahyey}. cf: ae "current". Ubaklej {wibaklẹj}. Wātoon-eṃṃaan {waytẹwẹn-yeṃṃahan}. cf: ṃōṃaan "tract of men". Wūnbar {winbar}. cf: wūn, bar "rock base". Wūntōn-Ajoḷ {winten-hajeḷʷ}. cf: wūntōn, Ajoḷ "clump of Ajoḷ pandanus". Wūntōn-kāmeej {winten-kaymeyej}. cf: kāmeej "cluster of redwood driftwood". Likiep Likiep {likiyep}. cf: iep "basket". Likiep channel To {tew}. cf: to "channel, passage". (5) Likiep district Aetọ {hayetaw}. cf: aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Bōran-aelōñ-eṇ {beran-hayẹlẹg-yeṇ}. cf: bōran aelōñ "main islet". Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". Kapin-aelōñ-eṇ {kapin-hayẹlẹg-yeṇ}. cf: kapi- "bottom (west side) of the atoll". Likiep {likiyep}. cf: iep "basket". Lik-laḷ {lik-laḷ}. cf: liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Turun-to {tirʷin-tew}. cf: turu-, to "near the pass". Likiep islet Aej {hayẹj}. Aikne {hayikney}. cf: aikne "north". Āne-armej {yanẹy-harmẹj}. cf: armej "people". Āne-jāij {yanẹy-jayij}. Āne-jeeaaḷ {yanẹy-jeyyahaḷ}. cf: jeeaaḷ "beckon". Āne-jelaḷ {yanẹy-jeylaḷ}. Āne-kūra {yanẹy-kirah}. Anel {hanel}. cf: el "cut off (trees)". Āne-lokḷap {yanẹy-lẹkʷḷap}. cf: lukwōn, lok "middle". Ānen-eṃṃaan {yanyen-yeṃṃahan}. cf: ṃōṃaan "men". Ānen-uwa {yanyen-wiwah}. cf: uwa "bear much fruit". Ānen-uwaan {yanyen-wiwahan}. cf: uwaan "islet of sorts and types". Āne-rukrukun-jāiiōñ {yanẹy-rʷikʷrʷikʷin-jayiyyẹg}. cf: rukruk "shake, sound of coconut bouncing". Āne-rukrukun-jāirōk {yanẹy rʷikʷrʷikʷin jayiyrẹk}. Āniiej {yaniyyẹj}. Anjarōj {hanjarej}. cf: jarōjrōj, Jarōj . Ānlook {yanlẹwẹk}. Atotak {hatẹwtak}. cf: ato "come out of water", tak "eastward". Aujarōj {hawiwjarej}. Bok-eṇ {bekʷ-yeṇ}. Bok-ḷañ {bekʷ-ḷag}. cf: ḷañ "storm". Bok-ḷapḷap {bekʷ-ḷapḷap}. Bokwan-kowak {bekʷan-kʷewwak}. cf: kowak "whimbrel". Bukwōn-jāej {bikʷen-jayyẹj}. Bukwōn-jālik {bikʷen-jaylik}. Didi {diydiy}. cf: di "bony" or "teeming with oysters". Emejwa {yẹmẹjwah}. cf: emej, wa "moor a canoe". Eọọtle {yawatlẹy}. cf: eọọtle "south". Jaḷtoon-ej {jaḷtẹwẹn-yẹj}. cf: jaḷ, to "facing westward, on the east". Jenkā {jẹnkay}. cf: jenok "these footprints". Jepaḷ {jepaḷ}. cf: paḷ "we are angry". Likiep islet... Kapen {kapen}. cf: kapi- "its bottom". Kapin-wōd {kapin-wed}. cf: wōd "bottom of the coral". Kilōṃṃar {kileṃṃar}. cf: kil, ṃōṃar "fish basket passage". Kināden {kinaden}. Kināden-kaṇ {kinaden-kaṇ}. Kōjjen {kẹjjẹn}. cf: kōjjen "steal". Kōle {kẹlẹy}. cf: kōle "a basket". Kōpālpāl-kaṇ {kepalpal-kaṇ}. cf: pepālpāl "those blowings". Kūṃake {kiṃakẹy}. cf: kūmake "a gull". Ḷeen {ḷeyen}. Likiep {likiyep}. cf: iep "basket". Lọ-to {law-tew}. cf: to "passage". Lukwōn-wōd {likʷen-wed}. cf: wōd "middle of the coral". Ṃaat {ṃahat}. Mālle {malley}. cf: mālle "coals". Ṃatteen {ṃatteyen}. Meḷañ {meḷag}. cf: eomeḷañ "land reserved for chiefs". Ṃūkil {ṃikil}. cf: kil "skin". Naajbōl {nahajbẹl}. cf: naaj, bōbōl "will bloom". Ṇaajbōl {ṇahajbẹl}. Ṇa-dik {ṇah-dik}. Ṇa-ḷap {ṇah-ḷap}. cf: ḷap "large shoal". Piepe {piyẹpẹy}. cf: pepe "sandbank". Pike-tōkeak {pikey-tekyak}. cf: pike, tōkeak "surface of arrival". Pike-tōḷoñ {pikey-teḷegʷ}. cf: pike, tōḷoñ "surface of penetration". Piñpiñin-jāi-eōñ {pigpigin-jayiy-yẹg}. Piñpiñin-jāi-rōk {pigpigin-jayiy-rẹk}. Roñōddik {rʷegʷeddik}. Roñoḷḷap {rʷegʷeḷḷap}. Taṃōl {taṃẹl}. cf: ṃōlṃōl "mackerel". Likiep islet... Likiep trac Jitniñeañ-eṇ {jitnigyag-yeṇ}. cf: jitniñeañ "lies straight northward". Likiep tract Addokwōj {haddekʷej}. cf: ad, dokwōj "sign of a storm that snaps branches". Aebōj {hayẹbẹj}. cf: aebōj "well". Ajbwirōk-kaṇ {hajbiyrẹk-kaṇ}. cf: Ajbwirōk "a pandanus cultigen". Ajpeḷḷọk {hajpeḷḷakʷ}. cf: aj "thatch", peḷḷọk "open" or "blown". Alkarkar-kaṇ {halkarkar-kaṇ}. Arjāltak {harjaltak}. cf: ar, jāl, tak "lagoon beach facing eastward". Batin-kañal {batin-kahgal}. cf: kañal "a tree". Bok-eṇ {bekʷ-yeṇ}. Bōlōk-kaṇ {bẹlẹk-kaṇ}. cf: bōlōk "leaf". Bukwōn-eṇ-ioḷap {bikʷen-yeṇ-yiyewḷap}. cf: bukwōn "district". Būḷadek {biḷadek}. El-eṇ {yel-yeṇ}. Em-maañ-eṇ {yẹmh-mahag-yeṇ}. Eṃ-maañ-eṇ {yẹṃ-mahag-yeṇ}. cf: eṃ, maañ "pandanus leaf house". Ewerōk {yẹwẹyrẹk}. cf: Ewerōk "land of departed spirits". Ineekto {yineyektẹw}. cf: inene, to "carry on shoulders westward". Jabōn-bok {jaben-bekʷ}. cf: bok "tip of the sandspit". Jabwi-roñ {jabiy-regʷ}. cf: rọñ "point of the hole (of a legendary eel ( Lijinolōr ) who came here from Jemo.. Jālukra {jalikʷrah}. Jedko {jedkew}. Jedkul {jedkʷil}. cf: kul . Jikke {jikkẹy}. Jipein {jipẹyin}. Jitrōkeañ-eṇ {jitrẹkyag-yeṇ}. (2) Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". (4) Jọ-Likiep {jaw-likiyep}. cf: jọ "at Likiep". Joorjāne {jewerjanẹy}. cf: jeor, joor, jān "escape from him", "turn from it". Julel {jiwlel}. Kattar {kattar}. cf: kattar "wait". Kilbōt {kilbet}. Kọḷoḷḷoḷ-kaṇ {kaḷʷẹḷʷḷʷẹḷʷ-kaṇ}. cf: kaḷḷaḷḷaḷ "knock". Likiep tract... Kōḷotōr {kẹḷẹwtẹr}. cf: kōḷotōr "make perfume". Kōttōke {kẹttẹkẹy}. cf: tōkā . Kubur-jāirōk {kʷibirʷ-jayiyrẹk}. cf: kūbur "a fish". Kūttaño {kittagew}. Kūttūke {kittikey}. cf: kūttūk "cover it up". Ḷajuṃaat {ḷajiwṃahat}. Ḷam-eṇ {ḷam-yeṇ}. cf: ḷam "bay". (2) Liki-jeḷo {likiy-jeyḷew}. cf: liki, jeḷo "on the ocean side of 'sail ho!'". Lọ-dekā {law-dekay}. cf: dekā "stones". Lọ-ie-eañ {law-yiyey-yag}. cf: Lọ-iō-eṇ . Ḷōjolep {ḷejewlep}. Lọ-kiep {law-kiyẹp}. cf: kieb "spider lily". Lọ-lem {law-lẹm}. cf: lem "bailer". Lọ-liṃ-eṇ {law-liṃ-yeṇ}. cf: liṃ "murky water". Lo-mar {lew-mar}. cf: mar "bushes". Lọ-pat {law-pat}. cf: pat "swamp". Lọ-piñpiñ {law-pigpig}. cf: piñpiñ "a tree". Lọ-tọ-eṇ {law-taw-yeṇ}. Ḷōtoonke {ḷetewenkẹy}. cf: to, ke "Mr. Porpoise-pass". Ṃaidikdik {ṃahyidikdik}. cf: eṃ aidik "narrow house", also ṃōṃaidikdik "whisper". Metto-eṇ {mettew-yeṇ}. cf: metto "ocean anchorage". Metwe {mẹtwẹy}. Ṃōjetōnpat {ṃẹjẹtenpat}. cf: ṃwijit "cutting of the swamp (one swamp cuts across another here to form the shape of a cross)". Ṃōḷetaklōñ {ṃeḷeytaklẹg}. cf: ṃōḷe "sand crab coming up". Ṃōn-ak-jāiiōñ {ṃen-hak-jayiyyẹg}. Ṃōn-ak-jāirōk {ṃen-hak-jayiyrẹk}. Ṃōn-kino {ṃen-kinew}. cf: kino "fern". Ṃōn-kōppao {ṃen-keppahwew}. cf: kōppao "ambush". Ṃōn-lokḷap {ṃen-lẹkʷḷap}. (2) Ṃōn-mejeto {ṃen-mejetew}. cf: mejeto "path". Likiep tract... Ṃōnōkkan {ṃenekkan}. cf: kōkan "sustenance". Ṃwe-diktak {ṃẹy-diktak}. cf: dik, tak "this small house (facing) toward the east". Ṃweeṇ-eōñ {ṃeyeṇ-yẹg}. cf: eañ "north". Ṃweeṇ-lik {ṃeyeṇ-lik}. cf: lik "that house on the ocean side". Ṃwe-joor {ṃey-jewer}. cf: joor "escape"; see also Rūṃwejoor "name of clan said to have escaped from Raarṇo . Ṃwidu {ṃidiw}. cf: eṃ, du "house where they gather to dance". Ṃwin-ekkōñ {ṃin-yekkẹg}. cf: kōkōñ "a tree". Ṃwin-kūñ {ṃin-kig}. cf: kūñ "smell of feces". Ṇa-in {ṇah-yin}. cf: ṇa, in "this shoal". Nenwa {nenwah}. cf: nen, wa "canoe bearing Morinda fruit". Nōṃḷaḷ {neṃḷaḷ}. cf: naṃ, ṃwilaḷ "deep secondary lagoon"; see also meḷaḷ . Pat-eṇ {pat-yeṇ}. Penaṃ {peynaṃ}. Takan {takhan}. cf: tak, an "his soul rises". Tiliej {tiliyẹj}. cf: tiliej "reef the sail". Toojlọk {tẹwẹjlakʷ}. cf: tooj "quite conspicuous". Tūñōñtak {tigẹgtak}. Tur {tirʷ}. cf: tur "end of islet". (2) Tūrabōḷ {tirabeḷ}. Welọkun-wōj {wẹylakʷin-wẹj}. cf: welọk, wōj "beautiful journey". Wūleej-eṇ {wilẹyẹj-yeṇ}. (2) |