Place Names of the Marshall Islands
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Rālik chain Aelōñin-ae {hayẹlẹgin-hayey}. cf: aelōñ, ae "island of current". Aelōñḷapḷap {hayẹlẹgḷapḷap}. cf: aelōñ, ḷap "large atoll". Āne-wātak {yanẹy-waytak}. Epoon {yepewen}. cf: iep waan "a type of basket which the atoll is thought to be shaped like". Jālooj {jalẹwẹj}. cf: jāl, wōj "facing you" or "facing beauty". Kuwajleen {kʷiwajleyen}. cf: waj "to you", leen "its fruit"; legend says that after a typhoon its only fruit was flowers which the people took to the chief as the only available tribute. Lae {lahyey}. cf: ḷae "calm water". Naṃdik {naṃdik}. cf: naṃ, dik "small secondary lagoon". Naṃo {naṃẹw}. Pikinni {pikinniy}. cf: pik, ni "surface of coconuts". Roñdik {rʷegʷdik}. cf: roñ, dik "small hoop". Roñḷap {rʷegʷḷap}. Wōtto {wettew}. Wūjae {wijahyey}. cf: wūj, ae "rough currents". Wūjlañ {wijlag}. cf: wūj, lañ "rough, cloudy sky". Rālik island Ellep {yellep}. cf: el, ḷap "big nest". Jebat {jebat}. cf: bat "hill". Kōle {kẹlẹy}. cf: kōle "a basket". Ratak chain Ādkup {yadkʷip}. Aelok {hayẹlẹkʷ}. Arṇo {harṇew}. cf: ar "lagoon beach", ṇo "wave". Aur {hawir}. Bok-ak {bekʷ-hak}. cf: ak "frigate bird". Likiep {likiyep}. cf: iep "basket". Mājro {majrẹw}. cf: māj, ruo "two openings"; see also Mājruon and Mājrwi-rōk . Ṃaḷo-eḷap {ṃaḷew-yeḷap}. cf: ṃaḷo "large lagoon". Mile {milẹy}. Ṇa-dikdik {ṇah-dikdik}. cf: dik "small shoal". Pikaar {pikahar}. cf: pik, ar "fly lagoonward". Tōkā {tekay}. Utrōk {witrẹk}. cf: ut, rōk "southern flower". Wōjjā {wejjay}. cf: jejāāk "land on which one can overeat". Ratak island Jāmọ {jaymaw}. cf: mọ "taboo". Mājeej {majẹyẹj}. cf: māj, ej "eastern opening". Roñdik Roñdik {rʷegʷdik}. cf: roñ, dik "small hoop". Roñdik channel Toon-Āne-wātak {tewen-yanẹy-waytak}. Toon-Bok {tewen-bekʷ}. Toon-Jatōptōp {tewen-jateptep}. Roñdik district A-eañ-eṇ {hah-yag-yeṇ}. Aetọ {hayetaw}. cf: aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Eoon-ene {yẹwẹn-yẹnẹy}. cf: eoonene "main islet". Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". Lik-laḷ {lik-laḷ}. cf: liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Roñdik islet Āne-wātak {yanẹy-waytak}. Bok {bekʷ}. Bokwan-kāmeej {bekʷan-kaymẹyẹj}. cf: kāmeej "redwood". Bok-we-raj {bekʷ-wey-raj}. cf: wā "to spear", raj "whale". Jiped-pọ {jiped-paw}. cf: jiped, pọ "flatten entering the coral". Kārokā {kayrẹwkay}. Ṃweetdik {ṃeyetdik}. cf: Naṃwi . Ṃweetḷap {ṃeyetḷap}. Patpat {patpat}. cf: pat "swampy". Pikōn-aden {piken-haden}. cf: pikin, aden "surface of tridachna shells". Roñdik {rʷegʷdik}. cf: roñ, dik "small hoop". Roñdik tract Akob-eṇ {hakʷẹb-yeṇ}. cf: kob "bent". Apādto {hapadtẹw}. cf: apād "westward ambush". Deñōjeen {degejeen}. Doñōjen {degʷejyen}. Eoon-kōjeej {yewen-kẹjẹyẹj}. Jatōptōp {jateptep}. cf: jatōptōp "stand firm". Jitōn-or {jiten-wer}. cf: Jepān-or, jit, jitnen ṃōṃō "head or point of the or (?)". Kā-meej {kay-meyej}. cf: kā, meej "bright-colored trunks". Kapin-mej {kapin-mẹj}. cf: mej "west of the opening between islets". Ledpāp {ledpap}. cf: pāp "frond". Lōbrar {lebrar}. Lọ-būkōr-eṇ {law-bikẹr-yeṇ}. Lọ-jurōk-eṇ {law-jiwrẹk-yeṇ}. cf: jurōk "net fishing". Lo-katok {lew-katekʷ}. cf: katok "sacrifice". Lo-taat {lew-tahat}. Lo-ut {lew-wit}. cf: ut "flower". Ṃaaj {ṃahaj}. Ṃōn-kūbwe {ṃen-kibey}. cf: kūbwe "feces". Roñḷap Roñḷap {rʷegʷḷap}. Roñḷap channel Toon-Aidik {tewen-hayidik}. Toon-Āne-doulul {tewen-yanẹy-dẹwilwil}. Toon-Āne-jet {tewen-yanẹy-jet}. Toon-Āne-kaṇ {tewen-yanẹy-kaṇ}. Toon-Bok-ellāāp {tewen-bekʷ-yellayap}. Toon-Jabwan {tewen-jabwan}. Toon-Kārokā {tewen-kayrẹwkay}. Toon-Kiejej {tewen-kiyẹjyẹj}. Roñḷap district A-eañ-eṇ {hah-yag-yeṇ}. Aetọ {hayetaw}. cf: aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Bōran-aelōñ-in {beran-hayẹlẹg-yin}. Eoon-ene {yẹwẹn-yẹnẹy}. cf: eoonene "main islet". Jitniñiañ {jitnigyiyag}. Jitrōkiañ {jitrẹkyiyag}. Jitto-eṇ {jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf: jitto "head westward". (3) Kapin-aelōñ-in {kapin-hayẹlẹg-yin}. Lik-laḷ {lik-laḷ}. cf: liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Roñḷap islet Ādapoot {yadahpewet}. Aej-kaṇ {hayẹj-kaṇ}. Aidik {hayidik}. cf: aidik "narrow". Aḷñaden {haḷgaden}. Āne-aetok {yanẹy-hayetekʷ}. cf: aetok "long". Āne-barbar {yanẹy-barbar}. cf: bar "rock". Āne-dik {yanẹy-dik}. cf: dik "small". (2) Āne-doulul {yanẹy-dẹwilwil}. Āneeḷḷap-kaṇ {yanẹyẹḷḷap-kaṇ}. Āne-jet {yanẹy-jet}. cf: jet "miscellaneous". Āne-kaṇ {yanẹy-kaṇ}. Āne-ḷap {yanẹy-ḷap}. Anjāje-kaṇ {hanjayjẹy-kaṇ}. cf: jāje "sword". Arbar {harbar}. cf: bar "rock". Bar-eṇ {bar-yeṇ}. Batbūt-eṇ {batbit-yeṇ}. Bok {bekʷ}. Bok-alwōj {bekʷ-halwẹj}. cf: alwōj "look at". Bok-ellāāp {bekʷ-yellayap}. Bok-eṇ {bekʷ-yeṇ}. Bok-jālto {bekʷ-jaltẹw}. cf: jaḷ, to "face westward". Bok-kā {bekʷ-kay}. Bok-kaṇ-rokkut {bekʷ-kaṇ-rekʷkʷit}. cf: kukut "close together". Bokwan-Etao {bekʷan-yetahwew}. cf: Etao "legendary trickster". Bokwan-kidudujet {bekʷan-kidiwdiwjẹt}. cf: kidudujet "sea monster". Bōrọk {berakʷ}. Ekōj {yẹkẹj}. cf: kōj "it is us". Eoon-peje {yẹwẹn-pẹjẹy}. It-kaṇ {yit-kaṇ}. cf: it "make fire". Jokdik {jekʷdik}. cf: jok "small perch". Joor-kaṇ {jẹwẹr-kaṇ}. cf: joor "those posts", "those tall trees". Roñḷap islet... Kapale {kapaley}. cf: kapāl "make magic for him". Kārokā {kayrẹwkay}. Ke-eṇ {kẹy-yeṇ}. cf: ke "porpoise". Kiejej {kiyẹjyẹj}. cf: Pemphis acidula "">kiej " Pemphis acidula ", or a distortion of kāājej "really". Kilọk-eṇ {kilakʷ-yeṇ}. cf: kilọk "to juice pandanus". Kimej-kaṇ {kimẹj-kaṇ}. Ḷabarej {ḷabaryẹj}. Likōṃṃan {likeṃṃan}. cf: lik, ṃōṃan "good ocean side". Lippiruk-kaṇ {lippirikʷ-kaṇ}. cf: lippiru "those berries". Lọ-ṃwilaḷ {law-ṃilaḷ}. cf: ṃwilaḷ "in the depths". Looj {lẹwẹj}. cf: Looj "clan name". Lukoon {likʷẹwẹn}. cf: lukwōn wōn "in the middle of the ripening pit". Lukottōkkā {likʷettekkay}. cf: lukwō-, tōkā "in the middle of the long reef". Mālu {maliw}. cf: mālu "fragrant". Mejatto {mejattew}. cf: mejatoto "possessed by ghosts", or mejān to "eye of the passage". Ṇa-eṇ {ṇah-yeṇ}. cf: eṇ "the shoal". Naṃ-en {naṃ-yen}. cf: naṃ "secondary lagoon". Pikden {pikdẹn}. cf: dān "watery surface". Pikōn-arar {piken-harhar}. cf: arar; "poke with a stick". Pikōṇṇo {pikeṇṇew}. cf: pik, ṇo "surface of waves". Pikōn-ōbbōn {piken-hebben}. cf: bōbō "spear fishing on the reef". Roñḷap tract Aebōj {hayẹbẹj}. cf: aebōj "well". Ajoḷ {hajeḷʷ}. cf: Ajol "a pandanus cultigen". Akadik-eṇ {hakahdik-yeṇ}. Āleen-ak {yaleyen-hak}. cf: el, ak "frigate bird nest". Bat-doulul {bat-dẹwilwil}. cf: bat, doulul "round hill". Bat-wi {bat-wiy}. Bōke-eṇ {bẹkẹy-yeṇ}. Bōnlik-bōnar {benlik-benhar}. Būkōn-paotok {biken-pahwewtekʷ}. cf: pao, tok "appearance from here". Bwil-eṇ {bil-yeṇ}. cf: bwil "heat". El-eṇ {yel-yeṇ}. Ettar-kaṇ {yettar-kaṇ}. Jabkwōn {jabkʷen}. cf: jabok "part of it". Jabōn-bok {jaben-bekʷ}. cf: bok "tip of the sandspit". Jabōn-Etao {jaben-yetahwew}. cf: Etao "legendary trickster". Jabwi-ṇa-eṇ {jabiy-ṇah-yeṇ}. cf: ṇa "tip of the shoal". Jebtōkā {jebtekay}. cf: jeb-, tōkā "reach the long reef". Jibokra {jibẹkʷrah}. cf: jipikra "slapping of waves". Kapi-jabwan {kapiy-jabwan}. cf: Jabwan "place name" "west of Jabwan". Kapin-pat {kapin-pat}. cf: pat "bottom (west side) of the swamp". Kiden-ḷapḷap {kidẹn-ḷapḷap}. Kur-eṇ {kʷir-yeṇ}. cf: kur "squirrel fish". Lijaro {lijarew}. Lijeerpit {lijeyerpit}. Ḷọjipā {ḷawjipay}. Lo-katok {lew-katekʷ}. cf: katok "sacrifice". Lọ-meej {law-meyej}. cf: meej "at the accustomed place". Lọ-pat {law-pat}. cf: pat "swamp". Lọ-ro-eṇ {law-rew-yeṇ}. Lọ-ror-eṇ {law-rʷerʷ-yeṇ}. cf: ror "at the roaring place". (2) Lọ-to-eṇ {law-tew-yeṇ}. Roñḷap tract... Lur-ene {lirʷ-yẹnẹy}. cf: lur "calm", āne "islet". Maaj {mahaj}. cf: maaj "clearing". Ṃaḷkwōn {ṃaḷkʷẹn}. cf: ṃaḷokḷok "sting ray". Mar-eṇ {mar-yeṇ}. Meḷaḷ-eṇ {meḷaḷ-yeṇ}. cf: meḷaḷ "demon playground". Ṃōjālto {ṃejaltẹw}. cf: jāl, to "house facing westward". Ṃōn-allọk {ṃen-hallakʷ}. cf: allọk "examine". Ṃōn-kio {ṃen-kiyew}. cf: kio "a plant". Ṃōn-pako {ṃen-pakew}. cf: pako "shark". Ṃweeṇ-ḷap {ṃeyeṇ-ḷap}. cf: ḷap "large". (2) Ṃwin-bar {ṃin-bar}. cf: bar "rock". Ṃwin-kijdik-eṇ {ṃin-kijdik-yeṇ}. cf: kijdik "rat". Ṃwin-Luāl {ṃin-liwyal}. Ṃwin-ukok {ṃin-wikwẹk}. cf: ukok "turn over". Obbar {webbar}. cf: obbar "fishing method". Pādāl {padal}. cf: pādāl "roots push up the soil". Pāl-wōj {pal-wẹj}. cf: pāl, wōj "blow to you". Pedọḷ {pedaḷʷ}. cf: pedọḷ "a plant". Reo {reyew}. cf: rōreo "clean". Tutu-ḷañ-ari-jet {tiwtiw-ḷag-hariy-jet}. cf: lọjet "wet storm on the beach of the sea". Uttin-ene {wittin-yẹnẹy}. cf: āne "islet". Roñḷap tract, Mile islet Jibwin-men {jibin-men}. cf: jibwi-, men "grandmother of things or animals" or "his pet creature". |