The Island of Stone Money

Vocabulary

Uap-English

A
Abanien	A thing, an object.
Abetir	A boy.
Abul	The large tridachna shell.
Adafel	To sing, a song.
Adai	Sea water, the ocean.
Agabui	Leaf of “buyo,” wild pepper.
Agan	Flint.
Agapat	Husk of coconut.
Alid	A stain, stained, dirty.
Alili	Foolish, a fool.
Amith	Pain, painful.
An	To go for a walk.
Anei	This.
Anem	That yonder.
Anir	That.
Aö	String, rope.
Ap	To transfer.
Apergok	Black ant.
Arragon	So, thus, as, like.
Aran	A palm leaf.
Ararragon	So, thus, as, like.
Arifirif-ū-ei	Foot.
Arifirif-ū-pei	Hand.
Arouei	Comb.
Artsa	Blood.
Artsë	A bird.
Artsip-ne-mad	A button.
Artsip-ū-ei	Ankle.
Aṯẖ	Smoke.
Athegiṯẖ	A ghost.
Aṯẖei	The tongue.
Aṯẖibon	Gall.
Aṯẖip	An earthen jar.
Athū	Sweat.
Au	To fall to the ground.
Aüna	Perhaps.
Aüat	Ashes.
Au-ūtei	The face.
Awning	All, every.
Ayal	The sun.
Ayan	Sand.
Ayār	Mother of pearl.
Ayong	A rib.
B
Babai	Papaia. Tree.
Babir	Book, writing-paper.
Baga	Big, large.
Baibiid	After a long time.
Bainon	Afterward.
Baikatabots	Soon, immediately.
Baiū	Where.
Baiūn	A lie.
Balbalëan	Bad man, an evildoer.
Bamith	Pain, painful.
Bār	Clay.
Bārba	Half.
Bārūār	Turbid.
Bau	Where.
Baut	Light, not heavy.
Bë	Another, the other.
Bedthon	To hope, expect.
Bei	Strips of palm leaf used in fortune telling.
Beilel	Elder.
Beiok	Fear, alarm.
Bëior	To groan.
Belep	A lie.
Beliligin	Nape of neck.
Benin̄ḡan	Which one (neuter object).
Bepelau	A lie.
Berber-reën	The colour of red earth and salt water, Indian red.
Bergel	Loud, harsh, obstinate, inflexible.
Beridiri	A fathom.
Betir	Young boy, a child.
Bilik	Hunger.
Biltis	A little, less.
Bilsiltis	A few.
Bilūū	Straight.
Binau	A village.
Binei	This (animal or thing).
Binem	That yonder (animal or thing).
Bikireb	Badly.
Binir	That (animal or thing).
Bōār	False.
Bōdak	Disobedient.
Bōgul	The width of the fingers, used in small measurements.
Bolōan	Intelligent.
Bon	Odour, smell.
Boör	Many.
Bōrō	A mouse.
Bōtha-ayar	A string of shell money (ayar—a shell).
Botōar	Deep.
Bots	More.
Botsu	A little.
Botsōgou	Inclination, to desire.
Bōtsugur	Near.
Brir, Birir	Happy, rich.
Būek	To carry.
Būgun ei	Knee.
Bụgụbụg	Doubled, twisted, flexible.
Buliel	A little girl.
Būloth	Ink used in tattooing.
Būluk	Ugly.
Būrok	Butterfly.
Bụt	The ground.
Bụtsụgūr	Similar, like.
CH
Chitimam	Your father.
Chitimak	My father.
Chitiman̄ḡin	His father.
Chitinam	Your mother.
Chitinak	My mother.
Chitinin̄ḡen	His mother.
D
Dabikan	Mistaken.
Dabiok	Impossible.
Dagaṯẖi	Not.
Dain	When (referring to future).
Daiow	Stick used to tap the needle in tattooing.
Dak	To wish.
Dakafel	Wrong, mistaken.
Dakori	No more.
Dal	Taro (kaladium).
Damanang	Don’t know.
Dandūū	Whither.
Dan̄ḡai	No.
Darao	A turtle.
Dardūū	Whither.
Darë	No one, nobody.
Dari	Do not, nothing.
Dawn̄ḡin	The body.
Dawrem	To live, alive.
Debdeb	A box.
Def	A house lot, a yard.
Dëh	A span of index and thumb.
Deiken	Against.
Deken	Above, over.
Denen	Personal injury, offence.
Deṛṛa	Thunder.
Dian	Pregnant.
Dilak	Spear.
Diri	To-day.
Djritr	Dracoena.
Dōba	Now, to-day.
Dol	To fall.
Don̄ḡon̄ḡoi	Weak, delicate.
Don̄ḡots	Island.
Dōmōmou	Trouble.
Dōmunemun	Food.
Dugil	To stop.
Dukuf	Three days hence.
Dụr	To become angry.
Dūū	A year.
E
E	Of.
Ebinau	Everywhere.
Edodei	Lips.
Egal	A complaint.
Ek	To burn.
El	To touch.
Elōlei	Earthworm.
Er	Also.
Eran	Day.
Ergel	Strength.
Erieh	Vermillion.
Erōr	Roundabout.
Ethik	To balance.
Ethin	Custom.
Ets	Stone fish-weir.
F
Fa	Or.
Fadth	A scar.
Fagali	Those two.
Failu	Men’s house,—on the shore.
Fak	A child, offspring.
Fak-e-numen	An egg.
Fak-ū-lụt	Maggot.
Fal	To uncover.
Falafal	Ladder, steps.
Falafalegin	A lie.
Fana	For.
Fanei	For him, her, it.
Fanem	He, she, it.
Faniel	Twilight.
Fapi	Those.
Farë	The.
Fas	Satisfied.
Fatsā	That (person) far off.
Fei	Stone money.
Fek	To bring.
Fel	Good.
Felagar	To whistle.
Fel-e-fan	Pretty, good looking.
Felfel anuk	Happy, content.
Fel-n̄ḡa-pon	To shoulder.
Felnifel	Very good.
Fethik	Inside, within.
Fi	Urine.
Figerin̄ḡen	Wife, husband.
Fil	To teach.
Finath	To spin.
Fita	To fish.
Fithing	Name.
Flai	Medicine.
Flak	To do, to make.
Fodth	To pay, to reward.
Fōfod	A raft.
Fōger	Friend, companion.
Fōgū	Ugly.
Fol	A drizzle.
Fon	Image, picture, shadow.
Fouap	Yesterday.
Fouepnep	Night before last.
Foun̄ḡanan	Last night.
Foupelan	Day before yesterday.
Fouperen̄ḡan	Two days ago.
Foyen	Just.
Ful	To swallow.
G
Gadad	We.
Gadou	We two.
Gaf	Drops of liquid.
Gagai	“Cat’s-cradle.”
Gagan	Food.
Gaiogei	To search, look for.
Galianem, Galitsanem	Those two persons yonder; the two.
Galitsanei	These two persons.
Galianir, Gautsanir	Those two persons.
Galinin̄ḡan	Which of those two (animals or inanimate objects).
Galis	Tattooing instrument.
Gan	Fuel.
Garda	Wet.
Garfūkū	Poor, unfortunate.
Garūbeb	Cold, fresh.
Gatsal	Wounds, abrasions.
Gatū	A cat.
Gauel	Hot.
Gaunauruk	Afternoon, at parting, means—au revoir.
Gep-e-gep	Oil.
Gergal	To give birth to.
Gerger	A bush, a thicket, a branch.
Gi	To see.
Gidi	People, men, mankind.
Giible	Knots used in lashing beams of a house.
Gil	A complaint.
Gilai	Left hand.
Giligan	Bowels, entrails.
Giliu	Personal injury, damage.
Giloi reb	To imitate.
Gin	Fright.
Go	Alone, only.
Goi	To hit with the fist.
Gomad	We (exclusive).
Gomou	We two only.
Goroman̄ḡaman̄ḡ	A caterpillar.
Gosogos	A laugh, a joke, a game.
Gotau	Tattooing.
Gothagathei	To unfasten.
Gotruk	The croton.
Goufaned	For us only.
Gowan	I go, I am going.
Gūchigụr	Near.
Gūdūr	Wronged, injured.
Gūfanei	For me.
Gūmed	You (plural).
Gūmū	You two.
Gūlip-ai	Finger.
Gūloua	To yawn.
Gūlun̄ḡlun̄ḡ	Blue (a term used by women).
Gūrgūrmorets	A lemon.
H
Hei	Yes.
Hū	Yes.
I
Iam	A corpse.
Ian	A ghost.
Ienūk	Head-louse.
Igak	I (personal pronoun).
Igūii	The gums.
Igumper	Patience.
Igur	You, thou.
Il	A bone.
In	The stomach.
Iōr	To cry.
Iya	It is that; yes, just so.
K
Kaargon	From the beginning.
Kabai	To have.
Kabai len̄ḡen	Married.
Kabul	To-morrow morning (a salutation on parting for the night).
Kad	To bite.
Kaërin	To steal.
Kafel	Good, well, all right.
Kaforombots	Not long ago.
Kainep	Night time.
Kaiuk	Enough, sufficient.
Kakadai	Old.
Kakail	To pinch.
Kakarom	Before, formerly.
Kakatabụl	Early morning.
Kakatabụl-ni-kakatabụl	Daybreak.
Kakei	A fruit tree.
Kakolin	Raw.
Kalakal ei	The thigh.
Kalemulang	A cloud.
Kamagar	Thank you.
Kamot	Taro, kaladium.
Kanakalei	Muscle.
Kaniloi	To dash.
Kanin̄ḡgek	Four days hence (see Grammar).
Karagufin	An ember, red hot.
Kareb	Bad.
Keb-e-nū	It rains.
Kebụtsen	Sad.
Këei	Low tide.
Këek	To count.
Kef	A net.
Kefalaiefu	Calm.
Kei	Hungry.
Keiru	Back.
Kel	To get.
Ken̄ḡuin	The trunk of a tree.
Kenikaiak	To bury.
Kensuk	A crowd.
Keptsa-n̄ḡa-but	Dropped to the ground.
Kerek	Crystal.
Kerker	A scratch.
Kerū	A husk.
Kesigiri	To turn to one side.
Keṯẖik	Fallen stretched on the ground.
Ketibūli	On the contrary.
Ketsop	A crackling, a slight noise.
Ketugul	Straight.
Kinei	This piece of.
Kinem	That piece of.
Kinir	That piece yonder of.
Kiots	Dawn.
Kirifel	Perfectly.
Ko	To (used before personal pronouns or names in the indirect objective case; ex.: Munon ko Tomak—tell it to Tomak. Also used in comparisons).
Kōbrë	Iron, metal.
Koi	To eat.
Kōkal-n̄ḡa-nug	Repentance.
Kol	A handle.
Kong lūgūnai	The inside of the throat.
Koruf	To bore.
Kū	Of.
Kụf	To bloom, to blossom.
Kufanu	For us two only.
Kūyūn̄ḡun	Value.
L
La	An abscess.
Laguen-e-ṯẖuṯẖ	Human milk.
Lai	A portion, a part.
Lai	A sail.
Lam	A fish-hook (wooden).
Lamen	To taste.
Lanei-ūtei	The eye.
Lāng	To enclose, to twist.
Lān̄ḡat	Wild pepper.
Lān̄ḡei	The mouth.
Lān̄ḡgin	Within, the interior.
Lān̄ḡilat	Day after to-morrow.
Lanilii	Hole in lobe of ear.
Lanipei	Palm of hand.
Lanimit	The eye.
Laninii	Memory.
Lanuautan-e-ṯẖuṯẖ	A nipple.
L’dou	A corpse.
Lë	Shell of coconut.
Lebuk	Knuckles.
Lëek	To steal.
Len̄ḡin	Wife, or husband.
Li	To wound.
Lifith	To weave.
Ligil	To boil.
Ligin	The neck.
Liguin	A close necklace, a collar.
Likai	Dreams.
Liken̄ḡin	A root.
Lili	Sick.
Lin̄ḡau	To rob.
Lin̄ḡilin̄ḡi	The cheek.
Lin̄ḡir	Coconut milk.
Liok	Light with flint and steel.
Lō	The skull.
Lod	A tumor.
Logoru	Two.
Lok	To lower from the level of the ground.
Lōkar	To belch.
Lol	A fly.
Lolūgei	The head.
Lou	A pit, a hole.
L’ra	A ditch.
Lū	To lower from a place above the level of the ground.
Lu	Tears.
Lụgụd	A cigarette.
Lụgunei, Lụngei	The mouth.
Lul	A stream, a brook.
Lūmor	Darkness.
Lūmots	To drown.
Lun̄ḡei, Lugūnei	The mouth.
Lun̄ḡụn	The voice.
Lüou	A ring.
M
Māāb	A door, a gate.
Māāi	Foolish, a fool.
Māāp	To stretch.
Machuri	Take away.
Mad	Clothing.
Madan̄ḡadan̄ḡ-kō-mal	Valiant.
Madthu	To spit.
Madụs	A tumor.
Mafeng	To meet, to encounter.
Magagan	Ugly.
Magal	Fire-light, lamp-light.
Magar	To become tired.
Magilao	A bat.
Mak	To tie, to fasten.
Makadkad	A sharp taste.
Makef	Inside the reefs, the lagoon.
Makil	Sweet, sugar-cane.
Mal	A wall.
Malabots	Wild, savage.
Malad	A wound.
Malaf	Distance.
Malamal	Idle, lazy.
Malamit	Blind.
Malāng	A stone, coral.
Maluk	To bathe.
Man	To go.
Manāng	To know.
Mān̄ḡā	What?
Mān̄ḡāfan	Why?
Mān̄ḡial	When? At what time?
Mānigil	Excellent, precious.
Marafā	Neck-cord worn by adult women.
Mases	Matches.
Matau	Right hand.
Mathil	Limit.
Matsalabok	Clean, clear, pure.
Matsei	To paint.
Matsem	To become accustomed, a custom.
Matsitsi	Mean, penurious.
Matsūri	Hold up! Stop!
Mederek	Separate, separable.
Meiōgō	Wet.
Melik	Dried, parsimonious.
Meloi	To carve, to engrave.
Meluol	An order, a command.
Merau	Ripe cocoanuts.
Merup	A shell for scraping taro.
Methir	To burn, to light with fire.
Metsaf	Money, riches.
Michibii	To stand up.
Ming	To break.
Min̄ḡieng	To chew.
Mil	To flee, to escape.
Mini	Who? Which?
Minimin	Laughter.
Mininum	By-and-by, wait a little.
Misilipik	Corrhyza, a cold object.
Mispil	A woman of the Failu.
Mit	Class, form, manner.
Miṯẖ	To hide.
Miṯẖemiṯẖ	To move.
Mitri	Lateness, delay.
Mitsibitsi	Lashing tying together.
Mōgotrul	Dark yellow.
Mōkụf	A flower.
Mol	To sleep, to lie down.
Mom	Easy.
Mōmā	Difficult.
Momau	Difficult.
Momok	A charm, incantation.
Mon	First.
Mon̄ḡol	A woman of the Failu.
Mor	Grass, bamboo.
Moriar	To die.
Mororei	Dry, crisp, arid.
Mororo	A robber, thief.
Moruel	Work, toil.
Mosul	Mucus.
Mot	A pit, a well, a hole.
Mu	A canoe.
Mū	To finish.
Mūfaned	For you (plural).
Mūfanei	For thee.
Mūfanū	For you two.
Mūgūnin	Bitter, sour.
Mụl	To lose.
Mūrūbidi	Dry, crisp.
Mūrūgil	A dagger (of bamboo).
Mụs	End, finish, conclusion.
Mụth	A cut by a knife or axe.
Mūtrūbil	A bachelor, unmarried person.
N
Nag	To drag.
Nak	To pardon.
Naun	A house.
Ne (ni, nu)	Of.
Nei	Belly.
Neng	Mosquito.
Nep	Night.
Ν̄ḡa	To (motion towards).
Ν̄ḡabut	Toward below.
Ν̄ḡadafaned	For us.
Ν̄ḡadafanou	For us two.
Ν̄ḡak	Him, her, it (acc.).
Ν̄ḡālāng	Above (motion upwards).
Ν̄ḡālān̄ḡin	Toward the inside.
Ν̄ḡālen niga	Molar teeth.
Ν̄ḡārā	Thither.
Ν̄ḡārai	Hither, toward here.
Ν̄ḡāram	Toward yonder.
Ν̄ḡauen	Toward the outside.
Ν̄ḡë	To (infinitive mood), for the purpose of.
Ν̄ḡe dii	Wherefore.
Ν̄ḡibots	Spittle.
Ν̄ḡigak	The elder; Ν̄ḡijik, the younger (of persons).
Ν̄ḡirin̄ḡir	Food which Yalafath provides in Falraman; it lasts forever.
Ν̄ḡōdad	Us, to us (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡōdou	Us two.
Ν̄ḡok	Me, to me (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡol	A shark.
Ν̄ḡom	Thee, to thee (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡōmad	Us only, to us only (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡōmed	You, to you (plur. acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡōmou	Us two only.
Ν̄ḡōmu	You two, to you two (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡon̄ḡor	Pineapple.
Ν̄ḡōrad	Them, to them (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡōrok	To vomit.
Ν̄ḡōrou	Them (two), to them (two) (acc. or dat.).
Ν̄ḡualen, Ν̄ḡuol	A tooth.
Ν̄ḡūaleng	A point.
Ν̄ḡūrụng-e-rek	The chest.
Ν̄ḡụtsei	A vein.
Ni	If.
Nifel	Good.
Nifeng	The wind.
Nifi	Fire, flint and steel.
Nigup	Tobacco.
Nik	Fish.
Ning	To ask, to beg, to close.
Niu-u-keiru	The backbone.
Niụng	To plant.
Non	To speak, to talk.
Non̄ḡ	To swim.
Nū	Rain.
Nụf	A sprout of a plant.
Nụm	To drink.
Nụmen	A fowl.
O
Oagon	Home.
Oburei	Hill.
Od	To waken.
Ok	To talk, to speak.
Olagui	To sweep.
Olak	Brother, friend, cousin.
Olum	Cold.
Ong	Woman’s skirt.
Orōporōpek	Weak.
Orụr	Rotten.
Oth	To jump.
Otōfin	Coal, charcoal.
Otōrel	Far off.
Otsen	Skein of thread, lock of hair.
Otsụp	Coconut (soft).
Oụdi	To squeeze out.
Ouol	Centipede.
Outsen	Seed.
P
Pabai	Bachelor’s house (inland).
Pachijik	Small.
Pak	To leave.
Pan	Grass.
Pān̄ḡin	A branch.
Papai	Quick.
Patak	Diligent.
Pau	Banana.
Pei (or paei)	The arm.
Pelis	A dog.
Peluon	Price, recompence.
Peluon kō, or n̄ḡa.	Point at.
Pemon	The chest.
Per	To be.
Përë	Forehead.
Pes	To float.
Petan̄ḡai	To meet.
Pethụn̄ḡui	The nose.
Petsok	Scissors.
Pi	To give.
Pidōrang	Beautiful (woman).
Pih	Hair of head.
Pilun	A chief.
Pimlin̄ḡai	A slave.
Pin	A woman.
Pinfi	Kitchen, house where women cook.
Pin̄ḡek	To turn around.
Pinning	Call, summon.
Pir	To sit.
Pirdi	To pound, to break.
Piri	Very, much.
Pirieiai	Often.
Piṯẖik	Untie.
Pitsanei	These persons.
Pitsanem	They, those persons yonder.
Pitsanir	Those persons (near).
Pitsoai	Handsome (man).
Poi	Shoulder.
Pon	Wing of a bird.
Pōok	To flow, to spill.
Potson	A tail.
Pụfeṯẖin	An oath.
Pụl	The moon.
Pụlo	Entire.
Pumawn	Man, male.
Pūpūan	To argue, to dispute.
Purpur	A hat.
Pụū	Bamboo.
R
Raau	To exceed, abundant.
Rabun̄ḡek	A cancer, a large sore.
Rafaned	For them.
Rafanou	For them (two).
Raiok	Possible.
Rak	Of me, my.
Ran	Water (fresh).
Raurau	Red.
Reb	Also.
Rëen	Colour.
Refun̄ḡirich	Knots used in lashing beams together.
Ren	A tree, wood.
Ren̄ḡren̄ḡ	Yellow, saffron used as cosmetic.
Ren̄ḡren̄ḡ malalai.	Dark yellow, orange.
Rif-e-rif	The width of the hand, used in measurements.
Riul	Truly, really.
Riul-ni-riul	Positively.
Rob	The beard.
Rōdad	Of us, with us.
Rōdou	Of us two.
Rōgobụg	To kneel.
Rok	Of him, his, her, its.
Rom	Thy, thine, yours, of thee.
Rōmad	Of us, or with us only.
Rōmed	Of you, or with you.
Rōmou	Of us, or with us.
Rōmu	Of you (two), or with you (two).
Run̄ḡak	To hear.
Run̄ḡidu	Black, blue, green.
Run̄ḡiu	To love.
Rus	Panic, to fear much.
S
Saban-e-ban	Fraud, swindler.
Sabaut	Light, not heavy.
Saṯẖaoṯẖ	Slow.
Sawl	Salt.
Seinian	To take a walk.
Sesei	To tear in strips.
Sōath	Slowly.
Sōlap	Skilful, intelligent.
Sōmening	A lobster.
Sōrom	You are right, that’s right.
Sūksụk dao	Fat, corpulent.
Sul	To return.
Sulun̄ḡai	Again, to repeat.
Sụmrūmōr	Slanted, inclined.
Sunogōr	Disgust, nausea.
Sụon	Master.
Sūsụn	Equally.
T
Tab	One, the one.
Tabang	Mixed.
Taban̄ḡūin	End, extremity.
Tabeṯẖung	A right angle.
Tafen	Property, kingdom.
Tafenai	The soul, to think.
Taflai	Doctor.
Tagalụl	Shade.
Tagil	Village.
Tagūil	Place, position.
Tai	To put, to place.
Tal	A string.
Tali	The ear.
Talibei	Arm-pit, axilla.
Taliginai	Throat, neck.
Taliu	Burying ground.
Tam	Funeral chant.
Tamadak	To fear.
Tamako	Tobacco.
Tamara	Shame.
Tamaṯẖaṯẖ	One or another, seldom.
Tamilang	Smooth, flat.
Tan̄ḡin	Under, below.
Taoreng	Love.
Taoromrom	Flames.
Tapal	Woman’s house.
Tapiung	Low, low position.
Tar	Excrement.
Tareb	One.
Tareb arragon	Like, as.
Tebil	A sour fruit.
Ted	Home.
Teliau	A fillet of flowers.
Tẖam	An out-rigger.
Tẖang	To extinguish.
Tẖap	Cut with a knife.
Tẖarami	The sky.
Tẖauei	Red shell necklace.
Tẖei	The navel.
Tẖoath	Slow.
Tẖik	To throw down, to tumble.
Tẖinbots	Order, command.
Tẖoi	To blow.
Tẖū	Waist cloth.
Tẖūak	To take out of the mouth.
Tẖugal	Bamboo fish weir.
Tẖuṯẖ	The breast.
Tinei	These (animals or things).
Tinem	Those (animals or things) yonder.
Tinin̄ḡan	Which ones (animals or inanimate objects).
Tinir	Those (animals or things).
Tinning	To suspend.
Tir-ū-moro	Pupil of eye, eyeball.
Tob	Young coconut.
Tōgar	Enemy.
Toi	To chop, to strike.
Tōlolobei	Butterfly.
Tolōmol	The jungle.
Tolụk	Centre, middle.
Tolul	To scream, to cry.
Tōmal	Heavy.
Tōmunemūn	Food.
Tōmūr	Last.
Tou	Hatchet.
Tsabok	A grave.
Tsagal	A war-belt.
Tsam	A wall, a combat.
Tsanem	That, he, she, it.
Tsan̄ḡar	To see.
Tsanei	This.
Tseb-e-tseb	Curious.
Tsediri	To-day.
Tseltsel	Take a walk, to revolve, to roll.
Tsidiri	Now, instantly.
Tsigii	Roof.
Tsikinega	This very large piece of.
Tsikinei	This very small piece of.
Tsine	Now.
Tsōgou	Hot.
Tsop	Mat of palm leaf.
Tsotsol	A cough.
Tsrua	Necklace.
Tsum	Pig-sty, a filthy place.
Tsūrū	A dance.
Tsūtsū	To doze.
Tụf	A star.
Tūgūi	To hit with the fist.
Tūgūpiai	Woman’s dancing belt.
Tūguru	A bigamist.
Tūlāng	To stand, to rise.
Tun̄ḡin	Grandfather, grandson.
Tun̄ḡui	To begin.
Tungun-e-ei	Calf of leg.
U
Ū	In.
Ūaman̄ḡin	Fruit.
Ūara	There.
Ūaram	Yonder.
Ūargon	How, in what manner.
Ūathun̄ḡin	Eyebrow.
Ụb	To come.
Ūbụt	Below.
Ūbụtsia	About to die.
Ūed	Equally.
Ūeldụk	A vegetable, a sown field.
Ūen	Outside.
Ūerialen-e-ei	The heel.
Ūerūer	Separate, to separate.
Ūetch	Lime.
Ūetsuma	Brother-in-law.
Ūfin	Flesh, meat.
Ūfūf	Vain, a dandy.
Ūin	When (past time).
Ụl	A feather, leaf of cocoanut palm.
Ūlāng	Above.
Ūlian	Captain of a ship.
Ūlūlūpei	The wrist, a doll.
Ūlūm	Chilliness, internal cold.
Ūlụts	A ray of light.
Ūlūūlek	Order, discipline.
Ụmbụl	Banana fibre mat.
Ụn	To dress up.
Ūonū	Long.
Ūots	Dawn.
Ūotsrei	The chin.
Ụp	To sew.
Ụrgot	A girl before puberty.
Ūriel	The last.
Ūroi	Here.
Ūrụkrụk	To balance with the hand.
Ūrūn̄ḡin	Everywhere.
Ūūrn̄ḡin-e-ran	Every day.
Ụṯẖ	White, like foam.
Ūtōlụk	In the middle.
Ūū	Where.
Ūūa	A path.
Ūubụt	From below.
Ūubụtōrel	From far.
Ūubụtsūgụr	From near.
Ūuen	From outside.
Ūulāng	From above.
Ūulān̄ḡin	From inside.
Ūurō	Thence.
Ūuroi	From here.
Ūurom	From yonder.
V
Vetch-vetch	White (like paper).
W
Wai	Old fashioned betel basket of semi-circular shape.
Witandawei	The skin.
Wū	Betel nut.
Y
Ya	Because.
Yad	Those (yonder) persons.
Yai	A tune.
Yalafath	God of Creation.
Yan	A soul.
Yap	A paddle.
Yar	Shell (mother-of-pearl).
Yār-ne-matsif	Shell knife.
Yār-nu-betchrek	Large shell money.
Yenen̄ḡin	Sister-in-law.
Yōmon ulun̄ḡai	The tongue.
Yū	A palm tree.
Yūentali	The ear (the outside ear).

Who art thou?—Igur Mini?

I am a man of Uap—Igak pumawn nu Uap.

What is thy name?—Mini fithin̄ḡam igur?

My name is Lemet—Fithin̄ḡak e Lemet.

Who is that man who is coming?—Mini e tsanir ni keb?

He is one of my brothers—Tareb Ōlakek.

What is your brother’s name?—Mini e fithin̄ḡan ōlakem?

He is named Ronoboi—Fithin̄ḡan e Ronoboi.

Whence dost thou come?—Mụb ūū?

Where do you (plural) come from?—M’bad ūū?

Where do you two come from?—M’bou ūū?

Where is that one coming from?—Keb ūū tsanem?

Where are they coming from?—R’bad ūū pitsanem?

I am coming from my house—-Gụp ū naun rak.

We are coming (or come) from Rul—Gụpad ū Rul.

We (two) come from the stream—Gụpou ū lul.

He is coming from the sea—Keb ū madai.

They come from a little island which is near—R’bad u tareb e don̄ḡots ni kabai bōtsugur.

Where art thou going alone?—Ν̄ḡa man e n̄ḡan gōgūr?

Where are you going?—Ν̄ḡa maned e n̄ḡan?

Where is he going?—Ν̄ḡa yane n̄ḡan e tsanem?

Where are they going?—Ν̄ḡa ranöd n̄ḡan e pitsanem?

I have come from the house and I go to Goror—Kōgụp ū naun, n̄ḡe gwan n̄ḡa Goror.

We are going to the cemetery—Gwanad n̄ḡa taliu.

He is going to fish—Tsanem këan kō fita.

Those people are going to see the plants—Pitsanem karanöd n̄ḡe kibots e ūelduk.

This one is not going because he is afraid—Tsanei dabiyan ya tamadak.

Of whom art thou afraid?—Tatamadak kō mini?

I am very much afraid of the dead—Gūtamadak e piri ko iam.

What dost thou want?—Man̄ḡa gadak?

I want nothing—Dāri Dāri!

I want water because I am thirsty—Gedak e ran ya kōgum n’ran.

What does he say?—Mān̄ḡā baiok e tsanir?

What is the name of that?—Mān̄ḡā fithin̄ḡan tinei?

What is this for?—Mān̄ḡā kaflak ka tinei?

Art thou alone or with others?—Gōgūr fa gūmed e boör?

Art thou alone or are there two?—Gōgūr fa gumou e bë?

We are many—Gōmad e boör.

We are two—Gōmou e bë.

I am going to sleep—Gwan n̄ḡe gụtsūtsū.

Come thou—Moi n̄ḡarai.

Come you two—Marrou n̄ḡarai.

Come you—Marred n̄ḡarai.

I do not know—Dakōnāng.

Call all the people—Pinning awning e gidi.

When wilt thou return?—Dain baimusūl?

Footnotes

1 Christian, (The Caroline Islands, p. 350) says that it is a variety of Morinda citrifolia.

2 “Almost the oldest specimen of Latin which we now possess is the Song of the Salii, the priests of Mars, handed on from generation to generation, and repeated with scrupulous care, even though the priests themselves, as Quintilian assures us, had not the least notion what it meant.”—Bailey Religion of Ancient Rome, 1907, p. 24.