Reverse Concordance of Example Sentences
unified alphabetization
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| 1. | "Jede ak eō" ej juon iaan jabōn kōnnaan ko an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | "Look up to the frigate bird" is a Marshallese proverb. (It means to follow and respect the traditional chief.) | ak |
| 2. | Āinwōt ad kar ba ṃokta bwe ri-Ṃajeḷ rainin eḷap wōt aer ḷōmṇak kōn ṃōñā in pālle āinwōt raij, pilawā, jukwa im men ko jet. | As we mentioned before, Marshallese today prefer imported foods like rice, flour, sugar, and so forth. [S25] | pālle |
| 3. | Bar juon men, retio eṃōj an kapidodoḷọk ñan ri-Ṃajeḷ, ej kijjien al ko aer. | Another way in which radio has made life easier for Marshallese concerns their songs. [S26] | pidodo |
| 4. | Bar juon men, retio eṃōj an kapidodoḷọk ñan ri-Ṃajeḷ, ej kijjien al ko aer. | Another way in which radio has made life easier for Marshallese concerns their songs. [S26] | kijjie- |
| 5. | Bar juon, elañe jenaaj kōtḷọk jekaro eo bwe en pād jilu raan, enaaj erom jimañūñ—dān in kadek eo limen ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Also, if we let jekaro stand for three days, it will become jimañūñ—the alcoholic beverage of the Marshallese. [S19] | jimañūñ |
| 6. | Bar juon, elañe jenaaj kōtḷọk jekaro eo bwe en pād jilu raan, enaaj erom jimañūñ—dān in kadek eo limen ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Also, if we let jekaro stand for three days, it will become jimañūñ—the alcoholic beverage of the Marshallese. [S19] | kōtḷọk |
| 7. | Ear erom juon ri-Ṃajeḷ ālkin an paleek juon ri-Ṃajeḷ. | He became a Marshallese citizen after he married a Marshallese. | erom |
| 8. | Ear erom juon ri-Ṃajeḷ ālkin an paleek juon ri-Ṃajeḷ. | He became a Marshallese citizen after he married a Marshallese. | erom |
| 9. | Einwōt baj tipen addikọọtotin ri-Ṃajeḷ. | It looks like an index finger belonging to a Marshallese. | addi-kọọtot |
| 10. | Ej ba kōn an kar ri-Nippoñ ro itan ṃan ermān aolep ri-Ṃajeḷ ilo ān eo ermān baaṃle eo an rej jokwe ie ippān bar jet armej. | He was saying the Japanese were going to kill all the Marshallese people on the island where his family and some other people were living. [P979] | er |
| 11. | Ej kab kar juon iien an ri-Ṃajeḷ maat im kālōt ri-kwelọk ro aer im ear kanooj ḷap ejjeurur. | It was finally a time when the Marshallese had chosen their own representatives, and there was great excitement. [S16] | jejeurur |
| 12. | Ekkaṃōḷoḷo ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Marshallese are always having parties. | kaṃōḷo |
| 13. | Eḷap an ri-Ṃajeḷ jeraaṃṃan kōn an dedek ni ilo aelōñ ko aer. | The Marshallese people are extremely fortunate that coconut trees grow in their islands. [S10] | jeraaṃṃan |
| 14. | Eḷap an ri-Ṃajeḷ jeraaṃṃan kōn an dedek ni ilo aelōñ ko aer. | The Marshallese people are extremely fortunate that coconut trees grow in their islands. [S10] | dedek |
| 15. | Elōñ ri-kaki in pālle ilo jikuuḷ kein rōḷḷap ak enañin aolep jikuuḷ ko rōddik ilo aelōñ ko ilikin ri-Ṃajeḷ wōt rej ri-kaki. | There are a number of Western teachers in the larger schools, but almost all of the small outer-island schools have only Marshallese teachers. [S9] | dik |
| 16. | Elōñ ri-kaki in pālle ilo jikuuḷ kein rōḷḷap ak enañin aolep jikuuḷ ko rōddik ilo aelōñ ko ilikin ri-Ṃajeḷ wōt rej ri-kaki. | There are a number of Western teachers in the larger schools, but almost all of the small outer-island schools have only Marshallese teachers. [S9] | ri- |
| 17. | Elōñ ri-kaki in pālle ilo jikuuḷ kein rōḷḷap ak enañin aolep jikuuḷ ko rōddik ilo aelōñ ko ilikin ri-Ṃajeḷ wōt rej ri-kaki. | There are a number of Western teachers in the larger schools, but almost all of the small outer-island schools have only Marshallese teachers. [S9] | lik |
| 18. | Elōñ ri-Ṃajeḷ rōlukkuun jeḷā kajjiṇoṇo. | There are Marshallese who are experts in treating jiṇo. | jiṇo |
| 19. | Eor jejjo ri-Ṃajeḷ Awai | There are a few Marshallese in Hawaii. | jejjo |
| 20. | Eor jejjojo ri-Ṃajeḷ Awai | There are Marshallese scattered throughout Hawaii. | jejjo |
| 21. | Jatiin ri-Ṃajeḷ. | The Marshallese way of caring for younger siblings. | jati |
| 22. | Jowan in ri-pālle eṃṃanḷọk jān jowan in ri-Ṃajeḷ. | A lazy American is better than a lazy Marshallese. | jowan |
| 23. | Kar kijen ri-Ṃajeḷ wōt ek ñan jalele im ñan ōn ko rōaikuji jān kanniek. | Fish were the only part of the Marshallese diet that provided the nutrients one gets from meat. [S23] | ōn |
| 24. | Kōmij tōmak barāinwōt bwe jān dedeḷọk in eṃōj aṃ tōpare, ewōr ṃōttan aṃ meḷeḷe kōn ṃanit im wāween mour an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | We believe also that what you have covered up to this point includes some understanding of the customs and ways of living of the Marshallese. [S29] | kōmij |
| 25. | Kōmij tōmak barāinwōt bwe jān dedeḷọk in eṃōj aṃ tōpare, ewōr ṃōttan aṃ meḷeḷe kōn ṃanit im wāween mour an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | We believe also that what you have covered up to this point includes some understanding of the customs and ways of living of the Marshallese. [S29] | ṃanit |
| 26. | Kōn men in eḷap an wa ḷap tokjān ñan ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Because of this, large ships are extermely important to the Marshallese. [S25] | ḷap |
| 27. | Kōnke kajin Ṃajeḷ ear jab pād ilo peba ṃae iien eo ear itok ri-pālle, ej jab kanooj lōñ armej rej mour wōt kiiō rejeḷā inọñ ko an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Because the Marshallese language wasn’t put into writing until Westerners came, not many people living today know the legends of the Marshallese people. [S13] | inọñ |
| 28. | Kọñkōrej in ej jab lukkuun ḷap an maroñ ijoke eḷap an jipañ ri-jikuuḷ ro im ro routaṃwe ñan kōkōṃanṃanḷọk wāween mour an ri-Ṃajeḷ. | The legislature [as of 1965] does not have great powers, so it works to help students and the infirmed in order to improve the life of the Marshallese people. [S15] | utaṃwe |
| 29. | Mā ej juon iaan ṃōñā ko eḷaptata an ri-Ṃajeḷ kōjerbale | Breadfruit is one of the foods that Marshallese use most. [S28] | mā |
| 30. | Mā ej juon iaan ṃōñā ko eḷaptata an ri-Ṃajeḷ kōjerbale | Breadfruit is one of the foods that Marshallese use most. [S28] | ṃōñā |
| 31. | Mā ej juon iaan ṃōñā ko eḷaptata an ri-Ṃajeḷ kōjerbale | Breadfruit is one of the foods that Marshallese use most. [S28] | kōjerbale |
| 32. | Ṃakṃōk ej juon iaan ṃōñā ko kijen ri-Ṃajeḷ. | Arrowroot is one of the foods of the Marshallese. [S20] | kije- |
| 33. | Men kein rej kwalok im kalikkar joñan an ḷap an ni jipañ ri-Ṃajeḷ. | These things show and make clear how important coconut trees are in sustaining the Marshallese. [S19] | ni |
| 34. | Ṃōjin aer aikuji wa in Navy ro rōkar leḷọk ñan juon ri-Ṃajeḷ ej jerbal ippāer ilo iien eo. | When the Navy no longer needed this ship, they gave it to a Marshallese person who was working with them at the time. [P5] | iien |
| 35. | Ṃokta jān an itok armej in pālle ñan Ṃajeḷ, ri-Ṃajeḷ rōkein kōjerbal eṃṃak, aebōj laḷ, kab lọjet ñan tutu, aṃwin, im idaak. | Before Westerners came to the Marshalls, people used to use tree catchments, cisterns, and ocean water for bathing, washing hands, and drinking. [S22] | ṃōṃak |
| 36. | Ṃokta jān an ri-pālle bōktok wūno ko aer, ri-Ṃajeḷ raar make kōṃṃan aer wūno jān bōlōk, wūjooj, okar im men ko jet. | Before Westerners brought their medicines, the Marshallese made medicines on their own from leaves, grasses, roots, and other things. [S8] | wūno |
| 37. | Ṃokta jān an ri-pālle bōktok wūno ko aer, ri-Ṃajeḷ raar make kōṃṃan aer wūno jān bōlōk, wūjooj, okar, im men ko jet. | Before Westerners brought their medicines, the Marshallese made medicines on their own from leaves, grasses, roots, and other things. [S8] | okar |
| 38. | Ṃōttan men ko kien ear būktok ñan ri-Ṃajeḷ ej retio. | Among the things the government has brought to the Marshallese is radio. [S26] | retio |
| 39. | Ñe en kar jab ni, ri-Ṃajeḷ rōban kar maroñ mour. | If it weren’t for the coconut, the Marshallese people would not have been able to survive. [S10] | ni |
| 40. | Ñe ri-Ṃajeḷ rej kilaba, rej kālọk jān ni. | When Marshallese commit suicide, they jump off coconut trees. | kilaba |
| 41. | Pinniep ej kōṃṃan jān waini im ri-Ṃajeḷ rej kōjerbale ñan elōñ men ko āinwōt ekkapit bar, ānbwin, ñan wūno im ñan romrom. | Coconut oil is made from copra, and the Marshallese use it for many things, such as hair oil, body oil, medicine, and for illumination. [S18] | romrom |
| 42. | Pinniep ej kōṃṃan jān waini im ri-Ṃajeḷ rej kōjerbale ñan elōñ men ko āinwōt ekkapit bar, ānbwin, ñan wūno im ñan romrom. | Coconut oil is made from copra, and the Marshallese use it for many things, such as hair oil, body oil, medicine, and for illumination. [S18] | kōkapit |
| 43. | Raan kein ejako ad ri-Ṃajeḷ uraiki doon. | Nowadays we Marshallese have ceased killing and burying each other with a deceased chieftain. | ura |
| 44. | Ri-Ṃajeḷ rejọ kōn ebbadikdik iṃaan mejān doon raan ko ḷọk | Marshallese used to bow down when walking in front of one another—until recently. | badik |
| 45. | Ri-Ṃajeḷ rōmaroñ jọkpej im ektak ñan aelōñ ko aer. | Marshallese people could go through the scrap and haul it to their island. [P17] | jọkpej |
| 46. | Taktō ro rej jab bar kōtḷọk an ri-Ṃajeḷ make wūno bwe ej jab erreo aer kōṃṃan wūno im bar juon eḷap aer bōk maroñ jān armej. | The doctors also do not allow Marshallese to treat (patients) by themselves, for the way they prepare medications is unsanitary and also they usurp the people's right to do so. [S8] | kōtḷọk |
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