| 1. | “Bwe eṃṃan rot ke kōto in ej ḷapḷọk ak wa in eitan okjak ippān ṇo kein,” Bojin eo eukōt ḷọk | “How can it be fine if the wind is getting stronger and the boat is going to capsize from the waves,” the Bosun shot back. P702 | okjak |
| 2. | “Bwe eṃṃan rot ke kōto in ej ḷapḷọk ak wa in eitan okjak ippān ṇo kein,” Bojin eo eukōt ḷọk | “How can it be fine if the wind is getting stronger and the boat is going to capsize from the waves,” the Bosun shot back. P702 | ukok |
| 3. | “Ekwe ṇo kein rej jiroñ eō bwe Kuajleen ṇe i rilik, ṃōttan jidik jeḷe,” Jema ekar ba. | “Well the waves are telling me Kwajalein is to the west and we are going to pass it very soon,” Father said. P899 | ḷe |
| 4. | “Eḷapḷọk jidik kōto im ṇo ak jab inepata im lōḷñọñ bwe ej eṃṃan wōt jabdewōt,” Jema ejiroñ tok eō. | “The wind and waves are getting stronger but don’t worry or be scared because everything is okay,” Father yelled over to me. P594 | lōḷñọñ |
| 5. | “Eṃṃan wōt an jejḷọk ṇo,” Kapen eo eba. | “It’s not that wavy, which is good,” the Captain said. P526 | ejjeḷọk |
| 6. | “Enaaj kōjkan ke joñan ettōr tak eo adeañ ippān kōto im ṇo ko eo,” Jema euwaak. | “Yes, and the reason being that we have been going against the wind and the waves all this time,” Father replied. P794 | kōjka- |
| 7. | “Kab ṇo in ej jab bōjrak an kilep ḷọk wōt. | “And the waves keep getting bigger. P698 | bōjrak |
| 8. | “Nejū e, kakkōt jirok bwe ejino eḷḷap ṇo,” Jema ejiroñ tok eō. | “Son, hang on; the waves are getting bigger,” Father yelled to me. P498 | jirok |
| 9. | “Nejū e, kakkōt jirok bwe ejino eḷḷap ṇo,” Jema ejiroñ tok eō. | “Son, hang on; the waves are getting bigger,” Father yelled to me. P498 | kōkōt |
| 10. | Ak aolep rōkar lo im eñjaake bwe ṇo ko rejino ḷōḷap ḷọk | But we could all feel that the waves were starting to get bigger. P527 | ḷap |
| 11. | Alikkar an ḷōḷap (eḷḷap) ṇo jān an kajoor ṃwitaakin wa in. | It's obviously choppy today from the pitching of the boat. | ṃwitaak |
| 12. | Baijin in ṇo ekabbōjbōj | Stone fish poison causes swelling. | bōbōj |
| 13. | Baijin in ṇo eo ekabbōj neen. | The poison from the stone fish made his foot swell. | bōbōj |
| 14. | Ealikkar ainikien ñūñūrñūr (iññūrñūr) in ṇo. | One can clearly hear the distant rumble of waves. | ñūñūr |
| 15. | Ealikkar ilo buñto-buñtakin ṇo ko inne. | “It was clear from the swell of the waves yesterday. P921 | buñto-buñtak |
| 16. | Ebuñ ṇo eo im tọre men ko wōj. | A big wave came and swept everything away. | tọr |
| 17. | Edikḷọk kōto im ṇo jān kar boñon eo im elukkuun dik an ṃōḷeiñiñ wa eo. | The wind and rain had died down since the night before and the boat wasn’t moving around as much. P822 | ṃōṃōḷeiñiñ |
| 18. | Eitok ṇo eo em kadouj wa eo. | A wave covered the boat. | douj |
| 19. | Ekaabwinmakeke an wejeḷ im ainikien ñōñōrñōrin (eññōrñōrin) rojak eo ippān kiju eo, ilo an ṇo ko kōllāleiki im kōjjeplikliki wa eo ion lọmeto. | There was a ghostly whistle and the gaff and the mast groaned as the boat swayed back and forth from side to side in the waves. P664 | ñōñōrñōr |
| 20. | Ekar lukkuun arrukwikwi tok jiō kōn an wa eo āindeeo ioon ṇo ko | I started to feel very squeamish as the boat continued like that over the waves. P521 | arrukwikwi |
| 21. | Eḷak debak ḷọk ṇo eo i tōrerein wa eo iba wōt eitan rup. | As the wave smashed hard against the side of the boat, I thought it would break apart. P611 | ba wōt |
| 22. | Eḷak debakḷọk ṇo eo i tōrerein wa eo iba wōt eitan rup. | As the wave smashed hard against the side of the boat, I thought it would break apart. P611 | debokḷọk |
| 23. | Eḷak jitpeḷeḷ ñan ṇo ko eṃṃan aer itōm depdepete. | Then other waves hit the boat crossways and kept it from turning over. P687 | depdep |
| 24. | Eḷap an MIECO QUEEN buñto-buñtak ilo iien an ḷap ṇo. | The MIECO Queen really rolls when there are big waves. | buñto-buñtak |
| 25. | Eḷap an ṃōrṃōr lik kōn an ḷap ṇo. | There is lots of foam at the ocean side due to the big waves. | ṃōrṃōr |
| 26. | Eḷap ṇo bōran baal. | The waves are big at the edge of the reef. | bōran baal |
| 27. | Eliṃ iar kōn an ḷap ṇo. | The water along the lagoon side is all murky from the big waves. | liṃ |
| 28. | Eḷḷap ṇo im kōjepliklik wa in. | Tbe big waves are making the boat roll. | jepliklik |
| 29. | Elōñ rūḷḷao bwe eḷap ṇo. | There are a lot of seasick people because it's rough. | ḷōḷao |
| 30. | Eṃṃan an kar Likabwiro kōttōmāle ioon ṇo ko | The Likabwiro surfed right across the waves P911 | kōttōmāle |
| 31. | Eṃōj an ṇo tọọre eakḷe ilik; kwōn ejouji dekā kaṇe ippān doon. | The waves have washed over the stone barrier on the ocean side; please stack the stones together again. | eakḷe |
| 32. | Epoktak dekā ko bwe ṇo ko rej ñali | The stones have been displaced by the buffeting of the waves. | ñal |
| 33. | Eruṃwijḷọk ektak jān kar ammān ākto kōn wōt an kar ḷōḷapḷọk ṇo im eḷapḷọk an jepliklik wa eo jān kar ṃokta | It took us longer to load them up than it had to offload them since the waves were making the boat sway back and forth even more than before. P747 | eakto |
| 34. | Euwe ṇo boñol eo iṃaan wa eo im kwōppeḷọkḷọk iḷokwan. | The monstrous wave mounted at the bow of the ship and gushed out at its stern. | kwōppeḷọk |
| 35. | Ij ba wōt ijin ak etar tok juon ṇo im depet kōjaan wa eo. | Right as I said it a wave smashed up against the side of the boat. P597 | depdep |
| 36. | Ij ba wōt ijin ak etar tok juon ṇo im depet kōjaan wa eo. | Right as I said it a wave smashed up against the side of the boat. P597 | kōja |
| 37. | Inaaj kadibuki wa in ilo ṇo ṇe tok. | I'll let this boat nose into the oncoming wave. | dibuk |
| 38. | Jeḷā ta eo jej door ad leke ie; jeḷā eo ej waḷọk jān imminene in kile wāween jejepliklikin juon wa ioon ṇo ke ak jeḷā eo waḷọk jān lo kōn māj. | How do we know which knowledge to put our trust in; the knowledge gained from actually feeling the sway of the boat on the waves or the knowledge that comes from observing. P800 | jepliklik |
| 39. | Joñan an kā tok jọkurbaatatin ṇo wōt an bar wōt. | The spray from the waves came at us like it was raining. P777 | jọkurbaatat |
| 40. | Joñan an ḷap ṇo ejar ubweṇo eo. | The wave-guard couldn't withstand the big waves. | ubweṇo |
| 41. | Juon ṇe ṇo ejetak. | There's a wave ready to break. | jatak |
| 42. | Ke ej letok bakōj eo eba in dāpdep bwe juon eo ṇo eibeb tok. | As he handed me the bucket, he told me to hold on because there was a big wave coming our way. P610 | ibeb |
| 43. | Kejro kōjetak juon ṇo im lōkōr ippān. | Lets wait for the surf to come and go surf-riding. | jetak |
| 44. | Kōmmān kōḷmānḷọkjeṇ jidik im roñjake an kōto eo lōtlōt im ṇo ko notoñe wa eo. | We just thought for a little while and listened to the wind and the sail flapping and the waves pounding against the boat. P695 | notoñ |
| 45. | Kōn an ḷōḷapḷọk ṇo, iṃōkin kakkōt ak eitok wōt bwe en lilutōktōk kobban bakōj eo. | As the waves got bigger, I started getting tired and the water kept spilling out of the bucket. P666 | ṃōk |
| 46. | Kwōn jālitake kōrā im ajri raṇe jān būñalñalin ṇo. | Put up something to protect the women and children from the sea spray. | jālitak |
| 47. | Lale ṇo kaṇe ṇoun wa eṇ. | Look at the waves coming toward you from that boat. | ṇo |
| 48. | Ñe ikar ruṃwij jidik inaaj kar lukkuun ñarij lowa, kōnke ej ṃōj wōt aō lutōk ḷọk ak ebar tar tok juon ṇo im kōjbouki wa eo im ewātin lā. | If I had waited any longer I would have fallen down hard; just as I emptied the bucket a wave smacked the boat so hard that it almost capsized. P650 | kōjbouk |
| 49. | Ñe ṇo ko rej ḷukut wa eo āinwōt juon bweọ ioon lọjet. | The waves were rolling the boat around like a coconut husk on the water. P776 | ḷukut |
| 50. | Ṇo ej jeballe wa eo. | The waves are rocking the boat. | jeballe |
| 51. | Ṇo ekañe āneo | Waves eroded the island. | ṃōñā |
| 52. | Ṇo eo ekōjaliraraiki ṇa ioon pedped. | The wave flopped him down on the reef edge. | jālirara |
| 53. | Ṇo eo ekotak Likabwiro im bar lelaḷ ḷọk | A wave lifted up the Likabwiro and then let it down again. P520 | ṇo |
| 54. | Ṇo eo ṇe ejetak. | The heaping wave is coming. | jetak |
| 55. | Ṇo eo ṇe ejetaktok. | The heaping wave is coming toward us. | jetak |
| 56. | Ṇo eubweik wa eo ṇa ibaal. | The waves smashed the canoe against the reef. | ubwe |
| 57. | Ṇo kileplep eo ear jetak im kōjabjab neō jān laḷ. | The big wave swelled up and made it so my feet didn't reach the bottom. | jabjab |
| 58. | Ṇo ko rōbar kōjbouki wa eo im ewātin okjak kabwijere. | The waves pushed the boat again and it almost capsized. P686 | kōjbouk |
| 59. | Ruo eo ke raan in ammān kōllōkā ippān ṇo im kōto ṃōṃanṃōn eo. | We must have been surfing downwind across the waves with favorable winds at our back for two days. P913 | kōllōkā |
| 60. | Ta eṇ ej kōjọkurbaatate wa eṇ ke ejjeḷọk ṇo im kōto? | What's causing the boat to make so much spray when there are neither waves nor wind? | jọkurbaatat |