Place Names of the Marshall Islands
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Wā {way}. [gram.] cf: wā "stab". Epoon tract Wāātwerōk {wayatwẹyrẹk}. [gram. dist.] cf: wāto, rōk "southern tract" or "go westward in the south". Tōkā islet; Wōjjā islet Wab-eṇ {wab-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wab "pier". Epoon tract Wa-eṇ {wah-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wa "the canoe". Naṃo tract; Jālwōj tract Waikiki {wahyikiykiy}. [From Haw. Waikiki.] Jālwōj tract Waito {wahyitew}. [gram.] cf: wa, to "canoe in the pass". two Mile islets Wajelke {wahjelkẹy}. [gram.] cf: wa, lōke "canoe we depend on". Pikinni tract Wajlukwatōlempel {wajlikʷatelempẹl |(&wiwatelempẹl|)]}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: tōl im pel "nit and boxfish"; see also Aḷampel "Eniwetak islet". Ānewetak tract Wājutak {wayjiwtak}. [rem. gram.] cf: wā, jutak "stab standing". Mājro tract Wa-kāmeej {wah-kaymeyej}. [gram.] cf: wa, kāmeej "redwood canoe". Ānewetak islet Wālọk-eṇ {waylakʷ-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wālọk "go away". four Aelōñḷapḷap tracts; Jālwōj tract; Naṃdik tract; Epoon tract Wālọklik-eṇ {waylakʷlik-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wālọklik "the place of sacrifice". Aur tract Warwor {warwẹr}. [gram.] cf: war, or "lobster haven". Arṇo tract Wāto {waytẹw}. [gram.] cf: wāto "land tract". Ujae tract Wāto-aidik {waytẹw-hayidik}. [gram. dist.] Kuwajleen tract Wāto-aidikdik {waytẹw-hayidikdik}. [gram.] cf: wāto, aidik "narrow tract". Pikinni tract; Wōtto tract; three Kuwajleen tracts Wāto-eṇ {waytẹw-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wāto "the tract". Ujae tract; Naṃo tract; Aelok tract Wāto-jeb-ej {waytẹw-jẹb-yẹj}. [rem. gram.] cf: wāto, wāt, ej "tract reaches the east". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wātoon-aḷ {waytẹwẹn-haḷ}. [gram.] cf: aḷ "sun tract". Kuwajleen tract Wātoon-bōl {waytẹwẹn-bẹl}. [gram.] cf: bōl "taro pit tract". Kuwajleen tract Wātoon-eṃṃaan {waytẹwẹn-yeṃṃahan}. [gram.] cf: ṃōṃaan "tract of men". Wōtto tract; Lae tract Wātoon-pel {waytẹwẹn-pẹl}. [gram.] cf: pel "boxfish tract". Naṃo tract Wātuon {waytiwen}. [gram.] cf: wāto "his tract". Aur tract; Arṇo tract Wātuon-aidik {waytiwen-hayidik}. [gram.] cf: wāto, aidik "tract of thinness". two Mājro tracts; Arṇo tract Wātuon-ke {waytiwen-kẹy}. [gram.] cf: ke "porpoise tract". Arṇo tract Wātuon-ke-eañ {waytiwen-kẹy-yag}. [gram.] Arṇo tract Wātuon-ke-rak {waytiwen-kẹy-rak}. [gram.] Arṇo tract Wātuon-pel {waytiwen-pẹl}. [gram.] cf: pel "boxfish tract". Mājro tract Wātuon-piñpiñ {waytiwen-pigpig}. [gram.] cf: piñpiñ "tract of Hernandia trees". Arṇo tract Wātuwe-lōñ {waytiwey-lẹg}. [gram.] cf: wāto, lōñ "high tract". Arṇo tract Watwaidikdik {watwahyidikdik}. [rem. gram.] cf: wāto, aidik "narrow tract"; see also Wāto-aidikdik "another Wotho tract name". Wōtto tract Welọk-eṇ {wẹylakʷ-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: welọk "go away". Arṇo tract Welọk-eṇ {weylakʷ-yeṇ}. [gram.] Pikinni tract; Jālwōj tract Welọk-kaṇ {weylakʷ-kaṇ}. [gram.] Wūjlañ tract Welọkun-wōj {wẹylakʷin-wẹj}. [gram.] cf: welọk, wōj "beautiful journey". Likiep tract Wetaan-bōl {weytahan-bẹl}. [gram.] cf: wetaa-, bōl "on the east side of the taro pit". Jālwōj tract Wetaan-mar {weytahan-mar}. [gram.] cf: mar "on the east side of the bushes". Kuwajleen tract Wetaan-ti {weytahan-tiy}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: tiete "on the east side of the reef". Wōjjā tract Wetaan-to {weytahan-tew}. [gram.] cf: wetaa-, to "on the east side of the pass". Epoon district Wetak-iōñ {weytak-yiyẹg}. [gram.] cf: wetak "go eastward in the north". Aur tract Wōda {wedah}. [gram.] cf: wōda "successful in fishing". Jālwōj islet Wōdaajji-kaṇ {wedahajjiy-kaṇ}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: wōda, ajjikad "repeated success in fishing", or see wōd "those Ajji coral heads". Kuwajleen coral head Wōd-alo {wed-halẹw}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: wōd "coral". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wōdaṃōj {wedahṃẹj}. [rem. gram.] cf: wōda, ṃōj "success in fishing finished", or see wōd " Aṃōj coral head". Arṇo coral head Wōdeñ {wedeg}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: wōd "coral". Ānewetak district Wōde-ṇa {wedey-ṇah}. [rem. gram.] cf: wōd, ṇa "shoal of much coral". Arṇo islet Wōden-el-kaṇ {weden-yẹl-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: wōd, el "those nest corals". Arṇo tract Wōden-iōñ {weden-yiyẹg}. [gram.] cf: wōd, iōn "coral of the north". Mājej tract Wōden-katoḷọk {weden-katẹwḷakʷ}. [gram.] cf: katoḷọk "catharsis coral". (People used to come here for cleansing from sickness.). Aelok tract Wōd-jebwā {wed-jebay}. [gram.] cf: wōd, jebwā "coral of the jebwā variety". Arṇo tract Wōd-jepāp {wed-jepap}. [gram.] cf: wōd, jepāp " Jepāp shark coral reef". Naṃo islet Wōd-ko-lik {wed-kʷew-lik}. [pers. name, Luodkolik, a navigational sign in the form of a giant female shark about 15 miles offshore] Arṇo coral head Wōd-meej {wed-meyej}. [gram.] cf: wōd, meej "bright-colored coral. Wōjjā islet Wōd-wātuon {wed-waytiwen}. [recur. form.] cf: wōd, wāto "coral in its tracts". Aelōñḷapḷap islet Wōja {wejah}. [recur. form.] cf: wōja "abode". Aelōñḷapḷap district; Aelōñḷapḷap islet; Mājro district Wōjaan-bajbaj {wejahan-bajbaj}. [gram.] cf: wōja, bajbaj "scene of busyness". Naṃdik tract Wōjaan-Etao {wejahan-yetahwew}. [pers. name] cf: wōja, Etao "Etao's abode". Mājro tract Wōjaan-kōlōk {wejahan-kelek}. [gram.] cf: kōlōk "scene of fullness". Epoon tract Wōjaan-kōtak {wejahan-ketak}. [gram.] cf: kōtak "site of roof thatching". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wōjaan-Mile {wejahan-milẹy}. [recur. form.] cf: Mile "Mili atoll". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wōja-armej {wejah-harmẹj}. [gram.] cf: wōja, armej "abode of people". Mājej tract Wōja-jak {wejah-jak}. [gram.] cf: wōja, jak "scene of killing in battle". two Mājej tracts Wōja-jekad {wejah-jekad}. [gram.] cf: wōja, jekad "where the noddy lives". Mājro tract Wōja-kaṇ {wejah-kaṇ}. [recur. form.] cf: wōja "those abodes". Arṇo tract Wōjālaerōk {wejalhayẹrẹk}. [pers. name: "abode of Laerōk". |(Note that other islets in the atoll include Wōjaand Aerōk.)] Aelōñḷapḷap islet Wōja-ḷapḷap {wejah-ḷapḷap}. [recur. form.] cf: wōja "large abode". Arṇo tract Wōjāle {wejalẹy}. [rem. gram.] cf: le "albatross abode". Mājro tract Wōja-likōk-eañ {wejah-likẹk-yag}. [gram.] cf: wōja, likōk "site of preparedness". Mājro tract Wōja-likōk-rak {wejah-likẹk-rak}. [gram.] Mājro tract Wōja-niñniñ {wejah-nignig}. [gram.] cf: niñniñ "abode of babes". Mājro tract Wōje-jāiiōñ {wẹjẹy-jayiyyẹg}. Kuwajleen islet Wōje-jāirōk {wẹjẹy-jayiyrẹk}. Kuwajleen islet Wōjjā {wejjay}. [rem. gram.] cf: jejāāk "land on which one can overeat". Ratak atoll; Wōjjā islet; Mājro tract; Arṇo tract Wōjjak {wejjak}. Ujae islet Wōjḷā-eṇ {wẹjḷay-yeṇ}. [gram.] Arṇo tract Wōlōr {wẹlẹr}. Arṇo islet Wōnaeo {wenahyẹw}. [rem. gram.] cf: wōn, eo "who?". Arṇo tract Wōnaerro {wenahyerrew}. [gram. dist.] cf: wōn, iaa- "which of the two of them?". Naṃdik tract Wōndik {wẹndik}. [gram.] cf: wōn "small turtle". Epoon tract Wōnejo-eṇ {wẹnẹjew-yeṇ}. [part. rem. gram.] cf: wōn, jọ "turtle lays eggs". Naṃdik tract Wōnenwe {wenenwey}. Ellep household Wōnmak {wenmak}. Kuwajleen islet; Ṃaḷoeḷap islet Wōnmej {wẹnmẹj}. [gram.] cf: wōn, mej "turtle molting site". Wōjjā islet Wōnoot {wenewet}. [pers. name, a vampire who ate the reef and made the passes on both sides of this islet, and who still demands provisions from passing canoes to ensure against their capsizing] Kuwajleen islet Wōp-eṇ {wẹp-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wōp "the Barringtonia tree". Arṇo tract Wōple {wẹplẹy}. Kuwajleen islet Wōtaan-kaṇ-jāiiōñ {wetahan-kaṇ-jayiyyẹg}. [gram.] cf: wōtaan "those wild taro". Ṃaḷoeḷap tract Wōtaan-kaṇ-jāirōk {wetahan-kaṇ-jayiyrẹk}. [gram.] Ṃaḷoeḷap tract Wōtare {wetarẹy}. [gram. dist.] cf: watre "partially cooked". Mājej tract Wōtbūkōr {wetbikẹr}. [part. recur. form.] cf: būkōr "a plant". Mājej tract; Mājro tract Wōte-jabuk {wetey-jabikʷ}. [part. recur. form.] cf: jabuk "fishing method". Kuwajleen tract Wōtle {wẹtlẹy}. Jālwōj islet; Jālwōj tract Wōtṃwā {wẹtṃay}. [pers. name] cf: Whitmer, a German sea captain for Jaluit Gesellschaft (1904-1913) on motorized schooners Aelous and Triton; once found the reef called Limjalele northeast of Arno and east of Aur. Aur tract Wōtojome {wetewjewmey}. [gram.] cf: wōtojome "fish for goatfish". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wōtōnnọ {wẹtẹnnaw}. [rem. gram.] cf: wōtōn, nenọ "tasty season". Ṃaḷoeḷap tract Wōtōnnọ-eṇ {wẹtennaw-yeṇ}. [rem. gram.] Mājro tract Wōtto {wettew}. Ralik atoll; Wōtto islet; Utrōk household; Arṇo tract; Mile tract Wūdde {widdẹy}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūd "pandanus bears". Arṇo islet Wūdde-kaṇ {widdẹy-kaṇ}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūd "those bearing pandanus". Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wūjen {wijen}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūje- "part of (it)". Ellep tract Wūjenel {wijenel}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūje-, el "part of the nest". Aur tract Wūji-tak {wijiy-tak}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūj "pull it up". Ānewetak tract Wūjji-eṇ {wijjiy-yeṇ}. Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wūjjuon-eṇ {wijjiwen-yeṇ}. Aelōñin Ae islet Wūj-kaṇ {wij-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: wūj "those balsa driftwood". Mile tract Wūjlañ {wijlag}. [recur. form.] cf: wūj, lañ "rough, cloudy sky". Ralik atoll; Aur large district; Wūjlañ islet; Jālwōj tract; Naṃdik tract; Arṇo tract Wūjtak {wijtak}. [gram.] cf: wūjtak "praise". Mājej district; Arṇo tract Wūleej {wilẹyẹj}. [gram.] cf: wūliej "cemetery". Kuwajleen tract Wūleej-eṇ {wilẹyẹj-yeṇ}. [gram.] Jālwōj islet; two Likiep tracts; Arṇo tract; Mile islet; Mile tract Wūleej-kaṇ {wilẹyẹj-kaṇ}. [gram.] Ṇadikdik islet Wūleej-rak {wilẹyẹj-rak}. [gram.] Jālwōj islet Wūlej-eṇ {wilẹj-yeṇ}. [gram.] cf: wūlej "a shrub". Arṇo tract Wūlej-kaṇ {wilẹj-kaṇ}. [gram.] Kuwajleen tract Wūleo {wilẹyẹw}. [gram. dist.] cf: wūlio "handsome". Mājro tract Wūlka {wilkah}. Jālwōj tract; Aelok islet; Mājro district; Mājro islet Wūlkā {wilkay}. Jālwōj tract Wūlka-eañ {wilkah-yag}. Aelok tract Wūlka-rak {wilkah-rak}. Aelok tract Wūnbar {winbar}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūn, bar "rock base". Ānewetak islet; Lae tract; Naṃo tract; four Aelōñḷapḷap tracts; Wōjjā tract; two Mile tracts Wūnbar-eṇ {winbar-yeṇ}. [rem. gram.] two Jālwōj tracts; Naṃdik tract Wūnejjo {winejjew}. Naṃo tract; Aelōñḷapḷap tract Wūni {winiy}. [gram.] cf: wūn "its base". two Mājej tracts Wūni-ej {winiy-yẹj}. [gram.] Mājro tract Wūni-ḷwe-kaṇ {winiy-ḷʷẹy-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: wūn, ḷwe "base of those ponds". Arṇo tract Wūni-ṇa {winiy-ṇah}. [gram.] cf: wūn, ṇa "shoal base". Naṃo tract; Ṃaḷoeḷap tract; Mājro tract Wūni-ṇa-eṇ {winiy-ṇah-yeṇ}. [gram.] Mile islet Wūni-ṇa-eo {winiy-ṇah-yew}. [gram.] Mājej tract Wūnin-ekjab {winin-yekjab}. [gram.] cf: wūn, ekjab "base of the idol". Mājro tract Wūni-tọọr-kaṇ {winiy-tawar-kaṇ}. [gram.] cf: wūn, tọọr "base of those streams". Arṇo tract Wūnittūr {winittir}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūnit, tūr "wrap up a bundle". Aelōñḷapḷap islet Wūnoon-kaṇ {winẹwẹn-kaṇ}. [rem. gram.] cf: wūn, wōn "ripening pit bases". Arṇo tract Wūntō {winteh}. [From Engl. window.] Mājej tract; Mājro tract Wūntōn-Ajoḷ {winten-hajeḷʷ}. [gram.] cf: wūntōn, Ajoḷ "clump of Ajoḷ pandanus". Lae tract Wūntōn-bar {winten-bar}. [gram.] cf: wuntōn, bar "cluster of rocks". Ujae tract Wūntōn-kāmeej {winten-kaymeyej}. [gram.] cf: kāmeej "cluster of redwood driftwood". Lae tract Wūntōnwa {wintenwah}. [gram.] cf: wa "cluster of canoes". Ujae tract |