Place Names of the Marshall Islands
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Naajaj {nahajhaj}. [gram.] cf: naaj, aj "will be thatched". Arṇo islet Naajbōl {nahajbẹl}. [gram.] cf: naaj, bōbōl "will bloom". Likiep islet Ṇaajbōl {ṇahajbẹl}. Likiep islet Naaḷ {nahaḷ}. [gram.] cf: naaḷ "splinter". Arṇo islet Ṇaallo {ṇahallẹw}. [recur. form.] cf: ṇa, allo "searching shoal". Mile district; Mile islet Ṇaan-alle {ṇahan-hallẹy}. [gram.] cf: alle "wrasse shoal". Aur islet Ṇaaneōñ {ṇahanẹyẹg}. [gram. dist.] cf: eañ "north". Wōjjā islet Ṇaan-jade {ṇahan-jahdẹy}. [gram.] cf: jade "roosting shoal". Aelōñḷapḷap islet Ṇaan-kalle {ṇahan-kalley}. [gram.] cf: alle "shoal for catching wrasse". Ṇadikdik tract Ṇaan-kāmeej {ṇahan-kaymeyej}. [gram.] cf: kāmeej "redwood driftwood shoal". Jālwōj islet Ṇaan-ke {ṇahan-kẹy}. [gram.] cf: ke "porpoise shoal". Mājro islet Ṇaan-kōjeje {ṇahan-kẹjẹyjẹy}. [gram. dist.] cf: kōjeje "dry under sun". Jālwōj islet Ṇaan-kōjeje {ṇahan-kejeyjey}. [gram.] Jālwōj islet Ṇaan-kōtkōt {ṇahan-ketket}. [gram.] cf: kōtkōt "ruddy turnstone". Ṇadikdik islet Ṇaan-kwekwe {ṇahan-kʷẹykʷẹy}. [gram.] cf: kwekwe "scratch". Ṃaḷoeḷap tract Ṇaan-men {ṇahan-men}. [gram.] cf: men "things, creatures". Epoon islet Ṇaan-merā {ṇahan-meray}. [gram.] cf: merā "parrotfish shoal". Ujae islet Ṇaan-ut {ṇahan-wit}. [gram.] cf: ut "flowery shoal". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Ṇaan-uwaṇ {ṇahan-wiwaṇ}. [gram.] cf: uwaṇ "gray-haired shoal". Ṇadikdik tract Ṇaarmej {ṇaharmẹj}. [gram.] cf: armej "people shoal". Jālwōj islet Nabbe {nabbẹy}. [gram.] cf: nabbe "ugly". Jālwōj islet Ṇa-bọkore {ṇah-bakʷerʷẹy}. [gram. This is the Ratak equivalent of the Ralik ṇaṇaambokbok"gravel and sand mixed together"] Mājro coral head Ṇa-boñ {ṇah-bẹgʷ}. [gram.] cf: boñ "night shoal". Lae islet Ñad {gad}. [gram.] cf: ñad "gums". Mile islet Ṇa-dedeen {ṇah-deydeyen}. [recur. form.] cf: Dede "Jaluit islet". Mājej tract Ṇa-dik {ṇah-dik}. [gram.] Likiep islet; Mājro tract Ṇadikdik {Ṇa-dikdik}. [gram.] cf: dik "small shoal". Also Ṇa-dikdik. Ratak atoll; Ṇadikdik islet Ṇa-eṇ {ṇah-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: eṇ "the shoal". Roñḷap islet; Kuwajleen tract; Jālwōj islet; Arṇo tract Ṇa-eṇjāiiōñ {ṇah-yeṇjayiyyẹg}. [gram.] Arṇo tract Ṇa-eṇjārōk {ṇah-yeṇjayrẹk}. [gram.] Arṇo tract Ṇa-eṇ-ḷap {ṇah-yeṇ-ḷap}. [gram.] Ujae islet Ṇa-in {ṇah-yin}. [gram.] cf: ṇa, in "this shoal". Likiep tract Ṇa-jā {ṇah-jay}. [gram.] cf: jā "falling sail". Utrōk islet Ṇa-jebake {ṇah-jebakey}. [gram.] cf: jebake "turtle with beautiful shell". Arṇo islet Ṇa-jib-eṇ {ṇah-jib-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: jib "the rising shoal". Aelōñin Ae islet Ṇa-kaṇ {ṇah-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: kaṇ "those shoals". Mājro tract Ṇa-kaṇ-ej {ṇah-kaṇ-yẹj}. [gram.] cf: ṇa, ej "those shoals on the east". Arṇo sandspit; Mile islet Ṇa-ko {ṇah-kew}. [gram.] cf: ko "the shoals". Ṇadikdik islet Ṇa-kor {ṇah-kʷẹr}. [gram.] cf: kor "coconut shell". Epoon islet Ṇa-kullep {ṇah-kʷillep}. [gram. dist.] cf: kur, ḷap "shoal of large squirrel fish". Ādkup tract Nakwōpe {nahkʷepey}. [recur. form.] cf: Nakwōpe "a navigational sign". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Ṇa-ḷap {ṇah-ḷap}. [gram.] cf: ḷap "large shoal". Naṃo islet; Naṃo tract; Aelōñḷapḷap islet; Utrōk islet; Aelok tract; Likiep islet; Mile islet Ṇa-ḷap-iōñ {ṇah-ḷap-yiyẹg}. [gram.] Arṇo tract; Mile tract Ṇa-ḷap-rōk {ṇah-ḷap-rẹk}. [gram.] Arṇo tract; Mile tract Ṇa-Liṃadik {ṇah-liṃahdik}. [pers. name] Arṇo shoal Naḷwōj {nahḷʷej}. Wōtto tract Naṃ {naṃ}. [gram.] Pikinni district; Pikinni islet Ṇaṃakke {ṇahṃakkẹy}. [recur. form.] cf: ṇa, ṇa, ke. Mile islet Naṃdān {naṃdan}. [rem. gram.] Jālwōj tract; see %No"m'da"n Naṃdik {naṃdik}. [gram.] cf: naṃ, dik "small secondary lagoon". Ralik atoll; Aelōñḷapḷap tract; Naṃdik islet Naṃdike {naṃdikey}. [part. recur. form.] cf: dike "dislike". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Ṇa-meej {ṇah-meyej}. [gram.] cf: meej "dark-colored shoal". Arṇo islet Naṃ-en {naṃ-yen}. [gram.] cf: naṃ "secondary lagoon". Roñḷap islet; Arṇo tract; two Mile islets Naṃ-ke {naṃ-kẹy}. [gram.] cf: naṃ, ke "porpoise lagoon". Wūjlañ tract Ṇaṃṇōṃ {ṇaṃṇẹṃ}. [gram.] cf: ṇaṃ "swarming with mosquitoes". Jālwōj islet Naṃo {naṃẹw}. Ralik atoll; Kuwajleen tract; Naṃo islet Ṇa-ṃōj {ṇah-ṃẹj}. [gram.] cf: ṃōj "finished (forming) shoal". Mile tract Naṃ-oḷar {naṃ-weḷar}. [gram.] cf: oḷar "small secondary lagoon". Jālwōj islet Naṃwi {naṃiy}. [gram.] cf: naṃ "secondary lagoon". Legend says this islet and nearby Mweetdik were brought here from Namorik ( Naṃdik ), hence the first and last portions of their names.. Arṇo islet Naṃwijlel-eañ {naṃijlẹl-yag}. [gram.] cf: naṃ, jilel "lagoon of trumpet shells". Mājro tract Naṃwijlel-rak {naṃijlẹl-rak}. [gram.] Mājro tract Nanajellen {nahnahjellen}. [gram.] cf: nana, jellen "out of position". Ādkup tract Nanij {nahnij}. [pers. name, a god] Jālwōj islet Ṇaniktal {ṇahniktal}. [rem. gram.] cf: ṇa, ṇa, tal "shoal of procession bearing fish as tribute". Ṇadikdik islet Ñañtain {gagtahyin}. [rem. gram.] cf: ñañ, ña, in "what brittleness is this?". Mile islet Ṇa-pejpej {ṇah-pẹjpẹj}. [gram.] cf: pejpej "shallow shoal". Mājro tract Ṇa-rā {ṇah-ray}. [gram.] cf: rā "these shoals (using the human form of the demonstrative rather than the expected nonhuman kā )". Arṇo islet; Mile islet Ṇa-rur-eṇ {ṇah-rʷirʷ-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: rur "the flower picking shoal". Arṇo islet Natọuj {nahtawij}. Jālwōj islet Ṇa-tutu {ṇah-tiwtiw}. [gram.] cf: tutu "wet shoal". Utrōk islet Ṇauweej {ṇahwiweyej}. [From Engl. northwest] Aelōñḷapḷap islet; Epoon household Ṇa-wāto {ṇah-waytẹw}. [gram.] cf: wāto "go westward". Mājro tract Ṇa-wetak {ṇa-weytak}. [gram.] cf: wetak "go eastward". Jālwōj islet Nawōdo {nahwewdew}. [loan from Nawōdo"Nauru"] Aelōñḷapḷap islet Ṇa-wōj {ṇah-wej}. [rem. gram.] cf: wōj "driftwood". Ṃaḷoeḷap islet Ñe {gẹy}. [gram.] cf: ñeñe "a plant". Aelok islet Neen-ek {neyen-yẹk}. [gram.] cf: ne, ek "fish legs bottom fins of fish such as the grouper ( ḷakkūrae ) or turtles. Naṃo islet Neen-oṃ {neyen-wẹṃ}. [gram.] cf: ne, oṃ "legs of the hermit crab". Naṃo islet Neiobwā {nẹyiyewbay}. [pers. name] Mājro tract Nemā {nemay}. [gram.] cf: nām "smell of". Pikinni tract; Naṃo tract Nemā-aidikdik {nemay-hayidikdik}. [gram.] cf: aidik "narrow Nemā ". Naṃo tract Nemmā {nemmay}. [rem. gram.] cf: nām, mā "smell of breadfruit". Arṇo tract Ñeñe {gẹygẹy}. [gram.] cf: ñeñe "a plant". Kuwajleen islet Nennōr {nenner}. [rem. gram.] cf: nen, nōr "the Morinda starts to bloom". Kuwajleen islet Nenwa {nenwah}. [rem. gram.] cf: nen, wa "canoe bearing Morinda fruit". Likiep tract Nepdān {nepdan}. [gram.] cf: nep, dān "lots of water". Wōjjā islet Ne-wōt-juon {ney-wet-jiwen}. [gram.: "follow the footprint (of the owner of the land)"] Kuwajleen tract Ni {niy}. [gram.] cf: ni "coconut". Aelok islet Nibuñ {nibigʷ}. [part. recur. form.] cf: Nibuñ "pandanus variety". Wōjjā islet Ñi-ej {giy-yẹj}. [gram.] cf: ñi, ej "high (eastern) tooth". Aelōñḷapḷap islet Ñi-ej-reeaar {giy-yẹj-reyyahar}. [gram.] Aelōñḷapḷap tract Ñi-ej-relik {giy-yẹj-reylik}. [gram.] Aelōñḷapḷap tract Ni-eṇ {niy-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: ni "that coconut". Kōle tract Niiḷ {niyiḷ}. [From Engl. needle.] Mājej tract Niin-mar-eañ {niyin-mar-yag}. [gram.] cf: ni, mar "coconuts of the bushes". Epoon tract Niin-mar-eṇ {niyin-mar-yeṇ}. [gram.] Naṃo islet Ni-kaṇ {niy-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: ni "those coconuts". Pikinni tract; Aelōñḷapḷap tract; Arṇo tract Nilep {niylep}. [gram. dist.] cf: ni, ḷap "big coconuts". Jālwōj islet Ñilliṇo {gilliyṇew}. [gram.] cf: ñil, ṇo "sound of the waves". Mile tract Ni-ṃōtṃōt {niy-ṃẹtṃẹt}. [gram.] cf: ṃōṃōtṃōt "coconuts drank noisily". Pikinni tract Niṃur {niṃirʷ}. Kuwajleen islet Nimuur {niymiwir}. [gram.] cf: nimuur "coconut tree loaded with nuts". Aur tract Nimuur-kaṇ {niymiwir-kaṇ}. [gram.] Kōle tract Nin-eṇ {nin-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: nin "place for pounding pandanus leaves". Arṇo tract Nini {niyniy}. [gram.] cf: ni "many coconuts". Kuwajleen islet Niñilep {nigiylep}. [part. recur. form.] cf: ñilep "molar". Naṃdik tract Nokwat {nekʷat}. Kuwajleen tract Nōḷ {neḷ}. [gram.] cf: nōḷ "make weapons". Kuwajleen islet; Mile tract Nōḷḷe {neḷḷey}. Wūjlañ islet Nōḷpi {neḷpiy}. Lae tract Nōṃdān {neṃdan}. [rem. gram.] cf: naṃ, dān "lagoon water". Jālwōj islet Nōṃḷaḷ {neṃḷaḷ}. [rem. gram.] cf: naṃ, ṃwilaḷ "deep secondary lagoon"; see also meḷaḷ. Likiep tract Ñoñ {gʷegʷ}. [gram.] cf: ñoñ "a fish". Jālwōj islet Ṇonmeea {ñenmeyyah}. [From Ellice Nanumea.] Jālwōj tract Ṇoṇmeea {ñeñmeyyah}. [From Ellice Nanumea.] Epoon tract; Mājro tract Ṇōnouj {ṇenewij}. [From Gilb. Nonouti(Atoll).] Wōjjā tract Nukḷāiḷāi {nikʷḷayiḷayiy}. [From Ellice Nukulaelae.] Aelōñḷapḷap tract Nukne {nikʷnẹy}. [From Engl. New Guinea.] Kuwajleen islet; Naṃo tract; Utrōk tract; Mājej tract Nukne-rāātle {nikʷney-rayatley}. [From Engl. New Guinea.] Arṇo islet Nukne-reeaar {nikʷney-reyyahar}. [From Engl. New Guinea.] Arṇo islet Nukut {nikʷit}. [rem. gram.] cf: nukuj "fold sloppily". Kuwajleen tract Nuṃakūt {niwṃahkit}. [loan from Engl. New Market] Arṇo tract Nupidkōn {niwpidkẹn}. [From Engl. New Britain.] Arṇo tract Nuwe {niwẹy}. [From Ellice Nui, or from Niue in Polynesia] Mājro tract Nuwiọọk {niwiyawak}. [From Engl. New York.] Wōjjā tract |