ENGLISH—UAP
PRONUNCIATION OF VOWELS AND CONSONANTS
- a as in hat.
- ā as in father.
- e as in pen.
- ë as in the French le, barely audible at the end of a word.
- i as in ill, always short.
- o as in pot.
- ō as in only.
- u as in plum. Initial U never has the sound of y preceding as in unicorn.
- ū as in plume.
- ụ as the oo in foot.
- ei as ey in they.
- ai as the i in sigh.
- oi as oy in boy.
- au as ow in how.
- aw as in awning.
- n̄ḡ like the ng in singer, when there is a hard sound as in finger or anger it is indicated by ngg.
- ṯẖ as in thin.
- ch as in charred.
The other consonants are pronounced as in English.
| A | |
|---|---|
| Above | Ulang (when motion or action is implied—n̄ḡalang;when at rest—deken). |
| Abrasion | Gatsal. |
| Abscess | La. |
| Abundant | Raau. |
| Accustomed, to become | Matsem. |
| Afraid of | Tamadek, Rus. |
| After a long time | Baibiid. |
| Afternoon | Gaunaruk (equivalent also to ‘au revoir’). |
| Afterwards | Bainem. |
| Against | Deiken. |
| Again | Sulungai. |
| Alive | Daorem. |
| All | Awning. |
| Alone | Go. |
| Also | Er, Reb. |
| Always | Urun̄ḡin-e-ran. |
| Angle | Tabethung. |
| Angry, to become | Dur. |
| Ankle | Artsip-u-ei. |
| Another | Be. |
| Ant (black) | Apergok. |
| Ant (red) | Kith. |
| Areca nut | Wu. |
| Arm | Pei, Paei. |
| Arrangement | Ulu ulek. |
| As | Tarebarragon. |
| Ashes | Auat. |
| Ask, to | Ning. |
| Axe | Tou. |
| Axilla | Talilifui, Talibei. |
| B | |
| Bachelor | Mutrubil. |
| Bachelor-house | Pabai, Failu. |
| Back, the | Keiru. |
| Back-bone | Niu-u-keiru. |
| Bad | Kareb. |
| Badly | Bikireb. |
| Bad man | Balbalean. |
| Balance, to | Thik, Ethik. |
| Balance, to (with the hand) | Urukruk. |
| Bamboo | Mor, Puu. |
| Banana | Pau. |
| Banana fibre mat | Umbul. |
| Basket (semi-circular, for carrying betel nut, etc.) | Wai. |
| Bat | Magilao. |
| Bathe, to | Maluk. |
| Battle | Tsam, Mal. |
| Be, to | Kabai, Per. |
| Bear, to (give birth) | Gergil. |
| Beard | Rob. |
| Beater for tattoo needle | Daiow. |
| Beautiful | Pidorang. |
| Because | Ya. |
| Become tired, to | Magar. |
| Before (time) | Kakarom. |
| Before (a little while) | Kafarom bots. |
| Begin, to | Tungui. |
| Begone! | Kesi! |
| Belch | Lokar. |
| Below | Ubut. |
| Belly | Nei. |
| Belt used by women when dancing | Tugupiai. |
| Betel nut | Wu. |
| Big | Baga. |
| Bigamist | Tuguru. |
| Bird | Artsé. |
| Bite, to | Kad. |
| Bitter | Mugunin. |
| Black | Run̄ḡidu. |
| Blind | Malamit. |
| Blood | Artsa. |
| Bloom, to | Kaf. |
| Blow, to | Thoi. |
| Blue | Rungidu; Kalungalung (a word used by women). |
| Boat | Barko (Spanish), Mu. |
| Body | Daon̄ḡin. |
| Boil, to | Ligil. |
| Bone | Il. |
| Book (writing, paper) | Babir. |
| Bore, to | Koruf. |
| Bowels | Giligan. |
| Box | Debdeb. |
| Branch | Pan̄ḡin. |
| Break, to | Pirdi, ming, pilk. |
| Breast | Tẖuṯẖ, aṯẖuṯẖ. |
| Bring, to | Fek. |
| Brother | Olak, Foger. |
| Brother-in-law | Uetsuma. |
| Burn, to | Ek, Methir. |
| Bury, to | Kenikaiak. |
| Burying-ground | Taliu. |
| Bush | Gerger. |
| Butterfly | Burok, Tololobei. |
| Button | Artsip-ne-mad. |
| C | |
| Calf of leg | Tungun-e-ei. |
| Call | Pinning. |
| Calm | Kefalaiefu. |
| Cancer | Rabun̄ḡek. |
| Captain (nautical) | Ulian. |
| Carry, to | Buek. |
| Carve | Meiloi. |
| Cat | Gatu. |
| Cat’s-cradle | Gagai. |
| Caterpillar | Goroman̄ḡamang. |
| Centipede | Ouol. |
| Center | Toluk. |
| Certainly (truly) | Riul. |
| Chant | Tam, Tiam. |
| Charcoal | Otofin. |
| Charm | Momok. |
| Cheek | Lin̄ḡilin̄ḡi. |
| Chest, the | Ν̄ḡurun̄ḡ-e-rek. |
| Chew, to | Min̄ḡieng. |
| Chicken | Numen. |
| Chief, a | Pilun. |
| Child | Fak, Betir. |
| Chilliness | Ulum. |
| Chin | Uotsrei. |
| Chop, to | Toi. |
| Cigarette | Lugud. |
| Clay | Bar. |
| Clean | Matsalabok. |
| Close, to | Ning. |
| Clothing | Mad. |
| Cloud | Kalemulang. |
| Coconut (young one) | Tob. |
| Coconut (soft and milky) | Otsup. |
| Coconut (ripe) | Merau. |
| Coconut-grove | Niu, Aniu. |
| Coconut leaf (dried) | Ul. |
| Cold | Garubeb, Olum. |
| Cold (corrhyza) | Misilipik. |
| Collar | Liguin. |
| Comb | Arouei. |
| Combat | Tsam. |
| Come, to | Ub. |
| Companion | Olak. |
| Complaint | Gil, Egil. |
| Compound (enclosure) | Def. |
| Content | Felfel anuk. |
| Coral | Malang. |
| Cord | Ao, Tal. |
| Corpse | Iam. |
| Corpse (from violence) | L’dou. |
| Count, to | Keëk. |
| Crackling (slight noise) | Ketsop. |
| Crooked | Bụgụbụg. |
| Crowd, a | Kensuk. |
| Cry, to | Ior. |
| Cry out, to | Tolul. |
| Crystal | Kerek. |
| Curious | Tseb-e-tseb. |
| Custom | Matsem, Ethin. |
| Cut, to | Thap. |
| Cut, a (with a knife) | Muth. |
| D | |
| Dagger (bamboo) | Murugil. |
| Damage | Giliu. |
| Damage (personal injury) | Gosur, Denen. |
| Dance | Tsuru. |
| Dandy | Ufuf. |
| Darkness | Lumor. |
| Dash, to | Kaniloi. |
| Dawn | Uots, Kiots, Kakatabul-ni-kakatabul. |
| Day | Ran. |
| Day-after-to-morrow | Lan̄ḡilad. |
| Day-before-yesterday | Foupelan. |
| Daylight | Ran. |
| Deep sea | Rigurr. |
| Delicate | Don̄ḡon̄ḡoi. |
| Desire, to | Botsogu. |
| Destroyed | Keputh-e-puth. |
| Die, to | Moriar. |
| Difficult | Moma Momau. |
| Diligent | Patak. |
| Dirty | Alid. |
| Discoverer | Fal. |
| Disgust | Sunogor. |
| Disobedient | Bodak, Bergel. |
| Dispute | Pūpūan. |
| Distance | Malaf. |
| Ditch | L’ra. |
| Do, to | Flak. |
| Do not | Dari. |
| Doctor | Taflai. |
| Dog | Pelis. |
| Doll | Ūlūlūpei. |
| Don’t know | Dāmānāng. |
| Door | Māb. |
| Doubled | Bụgụbụg. |
| Doze | Tsutsu. |
| Drag, to | Böoi, Nag. |
| Draw from the mouth | Thuak. |
| Dreams | Likai. |
| Drink, to | Num. |
| Drip, to (drops) | Gaf. |
| Drizzle | Fol. |
| Drown, to. | Lumots. |
| Dry | Mororei, Murubidi. |
| E | |
| Ear | Tali, Yuentali (the outside ear). |
| Early morning | Kakatabul. |
| Earth | Bụt. |
| Earthen jar | Athip. |
| Earthworm | Elolei. |
| Easy | Mom. |
| Eat | Koi. |
| Egg (fowl’s) | Fak-e-numen. |
| Elbow | Bungun-u-pei. |
| Elder | Beilel, the elder or senior—Ν̄ḡigak |
| Ember | Karagufin. |
| End (conclusion) | Mus. |
| Enemy | Togor. |
| Enough | Tsotsol, Kaiuk. |
| Entire | Pulo. |
| Entrails | Giligan. |
| Equally | Susun, ued. |
| Escape | Mil. |
| Evil-doer | Balbaleän. |
| Exceed | Räau. |
| Excellent | Manigil. |
| Excrement | Tar. |
| Express, to | Oudi. |
| Expect (await) | Beṯẖon. |
| Extinguish | Tẖang. |
| Extremity | Taban̄ḡuin. |
| Eye | Lanei utei, Lanimit. |
| Eyebrows | Uathụn̄ḡin. |
| Eyelids | Mudthar, n̄ḡanimit. |
| F | |
| Face | Au Utei, Lanimit. |
| Fall, to | Dol. |
| Fallen, stretched on the ground | Kethik. |
| Fallen to the ground | Keptsa-n̄ḡa-but. |
| False | Bōar. |
| Far off | Otorel. |
| Fasten by tying | Mak. |
| Fat | Suksuk-dao. |
| Father, (my, your, his) | Chitim, Chitimak, Chitimam, Chitimangen. |
| Father-in-law | Weituma. |
| Fathom | Beridiri. |
| Fear | Tamadak, Beiok. |
| Feather | Ụl. |
| Few | Biltsilits. |
| Fibrous heart of coconut | Būl. |
| Field | Tedilai. |
| Field, a cultivated | Uelduk. |
| Fillet of flowers | Teliau. |
| Filthy place | Tsum. |
| Finger | Guli-pei. |
| Finish | Mus, dakori (no more). |
| Fire | Nifi. |
| First | Mon. |
| Fish | Nik. |
| Fish, to | Fita. |
| Fish-hook (wooden) | Lam. |
| Fish Weir (bamboo) | Ets. |
| Fish Weir (stone) | Thagol. |
| Flames | Taoromrom. |
| Flat | Tamilang. |
| Flesh | Ufin. |
| Flexible | Bụgụbụg. |
| Flint | Agan, Liok. |
| Float, to | Pes. |
| Flow, to | Pōok. |
| Flower | Mokuf. |
| Fly, a | Lol. |
| Food | Gagan, Tomunemun. |
| Food in Falraman (Heaven) | Ν̄ḡirin̄ḡir. |
| Fool, foolish | Māāi, Alili. |
| Foot | Arifirif-u-ei. |
| For | Fana. |
| Force, to | Ginin̄ḡirin̄ḡin. |
| Forehead | Pere. |
| Forest, a grove | Tolomol. |
| Four days hence | Kanin̄ḡek. |
| Fowl | Numen. |
| Fraud, a | Saban-e-ban. |
| Fresh | Garubeb. |
| Friend | Olak, Foger. |
| Fright | Gin. |
| From above | Uulang. |
| From below | Uubut. |
| From far | Uubutorel. |
| From inside | Uulan̄ḡin. |
| From near | Uuguchigur. |
| From yonder | Uurom. |
| From the beginning | Kaargon. |
| Fruit | Uaman̄ḡin. |
| Fruit tree | Kakei. |
| Fuel | Gan. |
| G | |
| Gall | Athibon. |
| Get, to | Kel. |
| Get up (from sleep) | Suon. |
| Ghost | Athegith. |
| Girl (before puberty) | Urgot. |
| Give, to | Pi. |
| Go! | Man; I go—Gowan. |
| God (Christian) | Lios. |
| God (Uap Creator) | Yalafath. |
| Good | Fel, Kafel, Nifel. |
| Grandfather | Tun̄ḡin. |
| Grandson | Tun̄ḡin. |
| Grass | Pan. |
| Grave, a | Tsabok. |
| Green | Run̄ḡidu, light green—Run̄ḡidu-melalai, Merialan. |
| Grief | Beior. |
| Groan, to | Beior. |
| Ground | Bụt. |
| Grow, to | Beilel. |
| Grown up | Beilel. |
| Gums | Iguii. |
| Gun | Buyots. |
| H | |
| Hair of head | Pih. |
| Hair on the body | Bunë. |
| Half | Barba. |
| Halt | Matsuri. |
| Hand | Arifirif-u-pei. |
| Handle | Kol. |
| Handsome (man) | Pitsoai. |
| Hang, to | Tining. |
| Happy | Brir, Birir. |
| Hard | Bagel. |
| Hat | Purpur. |
| Hatchet | Tou. |
| Have, to | Kabai. |
| He | Tsanem, Fanem. |
| Her | Ν̄ḡak (acc.) Her (possessive)—rok. |
| Head | Lolugei. |
| Hear | Run̄ḡak. |
| Heavy | Tomal. |
| Heel | Uerielen-u-ei. |
| Hence (from here) | Uuroi. |
| Here | Uroi. |
| Hide, to | Mith. |
| High | Botolang. |
| Hill | Oburei. |
| Him | Ν̄ḡak. |
| His | Rok, or the suffix —in̄ḡen. |
| Hit with the fist | Goi, Tugui. |
| Hither | Nairai. |
| Hole in the ear lobe | Lanilii, lii. |
| Home | Oagon, Ted. |
| Hook | Lam. |
| Hope | Bedṯẖon. |
| Hot | Gauel, Tsogou. |
| House | Naun. |
| How | Uargon. |
| Hunger | Bilik. |
| Hungry | Kei. |
| Husband | Figerin̄ḡen, Len̄ḡin. |
| Husk | Keru. |
| Husk of coconut | Agapat. |
| I | |
| I (pronoun) | Igak. |
| Idle | Malamal. |
| If | Ni. |
| Image | Fon. |
| Imitate | Giloi reb. |
| Immediately | Katabots, Baikatabots. |
| Impossible | Dabiok. |
| In | Ū. |
| Incantation | Momok. |
| Inclined | Sumrumor. |
| Ink used in tattooing | Būloth. |
| Inclose, to | Lang, Kamelang. |
| Inside | Fethik. |
| Instantly | Tsidiri. |
| Intelligent | Boloan, Solap. |
| Interior | Lan̄ḡuin. |
| Iron | Kobrë. |
| Island | Don̄ḡots. |
| It | Tsanem, fanem, n̄ḡak. |
| Its | Rok. |
| J | |
| Jest | Gosogos. |
| Joke | Mōning, Makarkar. |
| Jump | Oth. |
| Just | Foyen. |
| K | |
| Key | Kei, or—Ki. |
| Kitchen | Pinfi. |
| Knee | Bagun-ei. |
| Kneel, to | Rogobuk. |
| Knife | Yar-ni-matsif (shell knife). |
| Knots used for beam-lashings | Giible, Refungirich. |
| Know, to | Manang. |
| Knuckles | Lebuk. |
| L | |
| Ladder | Falafal. |
| Lagoon | Makef. |
| Large | Baga. |
| Lashings | Mitsibitsi. |
| Last | Uriel, Tomur. |
| Last night | Foungan. |
| Late | Mitri, Mitimit. |
| Laugh, to | Minimin. |
| Leaf | Aran. |
| Leave, to | Pak. |
| Left hand | Gilai. |
| Leg | Ei. |
| Lemon | Gurgur-morets. |
| Less | Baiun. |
| Liberal | Bogol. |
| Lie, a | Palfalegin, Belep, Bepelan. |
| Light with fire | Methir. |
| Light with flint | Liok. |
| Light (lamp) | Magal. |
| Light (in weight) | Baut, Sabaut. |
| Like this (thus) | Arragon. |
| Lime | Uetch, or—Vetch. |
| Limit | Mathil. |
| Lips | Wanlung-e-lun̄ḡai, Edodei. |
| Little (quantity) | Biltis, Botsu. |
| Little (size) | Pachijik. |
| Live, to | Daorem. |
| Lobster | Somening. |
| Lock of hair | Otsen. |
| Long | Uonu. |
| Look for, to | Gaiogei. |
| Lose | Mul. |
| Loud | Bagel. |
| Louse (of the body) | Bugau. |
| Louse (of the head) | Ienuk. |
| Love (noun) | Taoreng. |
| Love, to | Runguy. |
| Low in stature | Botabut. |
| Low place or ground | Tapining. |
| Low tide | Këei. |
| Lower, to (from a position higher than the ground) | Lu. |
| Lower, to (from the level of the ground) | Lok. |
| M | |
| Maggot | Fak-u-lut. |
| Man | Pumawn. |
| Mankind | Gidi. |
| Manner | Mit. |
| Many | Boōr. |
| Mark | Ayol. |
| Married | Kabai-len̄ḡin. |
| Master | Suon. |
| Mat | Tsop. |
| Matches | Mases. |
| Meal, a | Tomunemun, Gagan. |
| Mean | Matsisi. |
| Measurement | Fol. |
| Meat | Ufin. |
| Medicine | Flai. |
| Meet, to | Petan̄ḡai, Mafeng. |
| Memory | Laninii. |
| Metal | Kobrë. |
| Mid-day | Misi. |
| Middle | Toluk. |
| Middle of the morning | Aganelai. |
| Milk | Laguen-e-ṯẖuṯẖ. |
| Milk of coconut | Lingir. |
| Mine, my | Rak, or suffix—ak, ek, ik, ok, uk,for parts of the body or pertaining thereto. |
| Miser | Botebil. |
| Mistaken | Dakafel, Dabikan. |
| Mixed | Tabang. |
| Molars | Ν̄ḡalen niga. |
| Money | Metsaf, Fei. |
| Moon | Pul. |
| Moribund | Ubụtsia. |
| More | Bots. |
| Morning | Kabul. |
| Mosquito | Neng. |
| Mother | Chitin. |
| Mouldy | Peṯẖathou. |
| Mountain | Bebugul. |
| Moustache | Buldui. |
| Mouth | Lungei, Lugunei. |
| Move | Mithemith. |
| Much | Piri. |
| Mucus | Mosul. |
| Muscle | Kanakalei. |
| My, mine | Rak, or suffix—ak, etc. — see Mine. |
| N | |
| Nail (finger) | Kuyun̄ḡunpei. |
| Name | Fithing. |
| Nape of neck | Beligin. |
| Navel | Tẖei. |
| Near | Guchigur. |
| Neck | Ligin. |
| Neck cord (woman’s) | Marafa. |
| Necklace | Tsrua, Thauei. |
| Net | Kef. |
| New | Bech. |
| Night | Nep, Kainep; midnight—Lukunalang. |
| Night before last | Fouepnep. |
| Nipple | Lanuautan-e-ṯẖuṯẖ. |
| No | Dan̄ḡai, Aha. |
| No more | Dakori. |
| Nobody | Dare. |
| Noon | Misi. |
| Nose | Pethun̄ḡui. |
| Nostril | Lani-Pethun̄ḡui. |
| Not | Dagathi. |
| Not long ago | Kaforombots. |
| Not, do | Dari. |
| Nothing | Dari. |
| O | |
| Oath, an | Pufathin. |
| Odor | Bon. |
| Of | Ni, Ne, Nu, E, Ku, Ko. |
| Offence | Denen. |
| Offspring | Fak. |
| Often | Pirieiai. |
| Oil | Gep-e-gep. |
| Old (ancient) | Kakadai. |
| Old man | Bilibithir. |
| On the contrary | Ketibuli. |
| One | Tareb, Tab. |
| One or other | Tamathath. |
| Open | Bin. |
| Open up | Fal. |
| Or | Fa. |
| Order | Ulu-ulek. |
| Order (command) | Meluol, Thinbots. |
| Other, the | Bë. |
| Our | Rodad. |
| Out-rigger | Tham. |
| Outside | Uen. |
| P | |
| Paddle | Yap. |
| Paint, to | Matsei. |
| Pain, painful | Bamith, Amith. |
| Palm of the hand | Lanipei. |
| Palm-tree | Yu. |
| Panic | Rus. |
| Papaia | Babai. |
| Paper | Babir. |
| Pardon, to | Nak. |
| Part, portion | Lai. |
| Path | Uua. |
| Patience | Igumper. |
| Pay, to | Fodth. |
| Penurious | Matsitsi. |
| People | Gidi. |
| Perfectly | Kirifel. |
| Perhaps | Auna. |
| Picture | Fon. |
| Pierce, to | Koruf. |
| Pig | Babi. |
| Pig-sty | Tsum. |
| Pinch | Kakail. |
| Pineapple | Ν̄ḡon̄ḡor. |
| Pit | L’ou, Mot. |
| Place | Taguil. |
| Plant | Niung. |
| Play | Gosogos. |
| Point, a | Ν̄ḡualeng. |
| Point, to, toward | Peluon ko, n̄ḡa. |
| Pool | L’ou. |
| Poor | Garfuku. |
| Portion, Part | Lai. |
| Positively | Riul-ni-riul. |
| Possible | Raiok. |
| Pouch | Bel. |
| Pound, to | Pirdi. |
| Precious | Manigil. |
| Pregnant | Dian. |
| Pretty | Falefan. |
| Price | Peluon. |
| Property | Tafen. |
| Pull against | Pak. |
| Pupil of eye | Tir-u-moro. |
| Pure | Matsalabok. |
| Put, to | Tai. |
| Put on clothes | Un. |
| Q | |
| Question | Fith. |
| Quick | Papai. |
| R | |
| Raft | Fofod. |
| Rain | Nu. |
| Rain, to | Keb-e-nu. |
| Rat | Boro. |
| Raw | Kakalin. |
| Ray | Uluts. |
| Recompense | Peluon. |
| Recognize | Poōī. |
| Red | Raurau. |
| Relative | Olak. |
| Repentance | Kokal-n̄ḡa-nug. |
| Return | Sul. |
| Revolve | Tseltsel. |
| Reward | Fodth. |
| Rib | Ayong. |
| Rich | Birbir, Metsaf, Abanen. |
| Right-hand | Matau. |
| Ring | Luou. |
| Rise | Tulang. |
| Roast | Fek. |
| Rob | Lingau. |
| Robber | Mororo. |
| Rope | Gafi. |
| Roof | Tsigii. |
| Root | Liken̄ḡin. |
| Rotten | Orur. |
| Round | Sililibui. |
| Roundabout | Eror. |
| S | |
| Sad | Kebutsen. |
| Sail | Lai. |
| Salt | Sawl. |
| Sand | Ayan. |
| Satisfied | Fas. |
| Scar | Fadth. |
| Scissors | Petsok. |
| Scratch | Kerker. |
| Scream | Tolul. |
| Sea | Adai. |
| See | Gi, Tsan̄ḡar. |
| Seed | Outsen. |
| Seldom | Tamathath. |
| Separate | Ueruer, Mederek. |
| Sew, to | Up. |
| Shade | Tagulul. |
| Shadow | Fon. |
| Shame | Tamara. |
| Shark | Ν̄ḡol. |
| Sharp taste | Makadkad. |
| She | Tsanem, Fanem. |
| Shell of coconut | Le. |
| Shell money | Yar-nu-betchrek. |
| Shell (pearl) | Yar, Ayar, Botha ayar—shell money. |
| Shell (tridachna) | Abul. |
| Short | Bongots ongots. |
| Shoulder, to | Fel-n̄ḡa-pon. |
| Shoulder | Poi. |
| Sick | Lili. |
| Similar | Bụtsụgụr. |
| Sing | Adafel. |
| Sister-in-law | Yenen̄ḡin. |
| Sit, to | Per. |
| Skein | Otsen. |
| Skilful | Solap. |
| Skin | Witan dawei, Ieltsen, Keru. |
| Skirt | Ong. |
| Skull | Lo. |
| Sky | Tharami. |
| Slanted | Sumrumor. |
| Slave | Pimlingai. |
| Sleep | Tsutsu. |
| Sleep, to | Mol, Tsutsu. |
| Slow | Sathoath, Tẖoath. |
| Small | Pachijik, Botsu, Biltis. |
| Smell, a | Bon. |
| Smell, to | Mamori-e-bon. |
| Smoke | Ath. |
| Smooth | Tamilang. |
| Sneeze | Uen̄ḡith. |
| Snore | Liguil. |
| So | Arragon. |
| Sole of foot | Laniei. |
| Son | Fak pumawn. |
| Song | Adafel. |
| Soon | Baikatabots. |
| Sore, a | Rabun̄ḡek. |
| Soul | Ian, Tafenai. |
| Sour | Mugunin. |
| Sour fruit | Tebil. |
| Span (index and thumb) | Dëh. |
| Sparing | Melik. |
| Spark | Bep-e-nifi. |
| Speak | Non. |
| Spear | Dilak. |
| Spill | Pȯȯk. |
| Spin, to | Finath. |
| Spit | Madthu. |
| Spittle | Ν̄ḡibotch. |
| Sprout, a | Nuf. |
| Stain, stained | Alid. |
| Stand, to | Tulang, Michibii. |
| Star | Tuf. |
| Statue | Fon. |
| Steal, to | Koerin. |
| Steal openly | Leek. |
| Stiff | Bergel. |
| Stomach | In. |
| Stone | Malang. |
| Stone money | Fei. |
| Stop | Matsuri. |
| Stop, to | Dugil. |
| Straight | Ketugul, Biluū. |
| Stream | Lul. |
| Strength | Ergel. |
| Stretch, to | Maāp. |
| Strike | Toi. |
| String | Ao, Tal. |
| Strongly | Bagel. |
| Sufficient | Makil. |
| Sugar cane | Kaiuk. |
| Summon | Pinning. |
| Sun | Ayal. |
| Suspend | Gutining. |
| Swallow | Ful. |
| Sweat | Athu. |
| Sweet | Makil. |
| Sweep, to | Olagui. |
| Swim, to | Nong. |
| Swollen | Kedthu. |
| T | |
| Tail | Potson. |
| Take away | Buek, Machuri. |
| Take off clothes | Luf-e-mad. |
| Talk | Non, Ok. |
| Taro | Dal, Kamot. |
| Taste | Lamen. |
| Tattoo | Gotau. |
| Tattoo needle | Galis. |
| Teach | Fil. |
| Tear in strips | Sesei. |
| Tears | Lu. |
| Thank you | Kamagar. |
| That person | Tsanir, Anir. |
| That animal or thing | Binir. |
| That person yonder | Tsanem, Anem. |
| That animal or thing yonder | Binem. |
| That far off person | Fatsa. |
| The | Farë. |
| Thee | Ν̄ḡom. |
| Them | Ν̄ḡorad. |
| Them (two persons) | Ν̄ḡoru. |
| Thence | Uuro. |
| There | Uara. |
| These | Pitsanei, Pianei. |
| These two | Galitsanei, Galianei. |
| These (animals) | Tinei. |
| They | Pitsanem. |
| They (two) yonder | Galitsanem, Galianem. |
| Thick | Bedibak. |
| Thicket | Gerger. |
| Thief | Mororo. |
| Thigh | Kalakal ei. |
| Thin | Bugulifith. |
| Thine | Rom. |
| Thing | Ananen. |
| This person | Tsanei, Anei. |
| This animal or thing | Binei, tinei. |
| Thither | Ν̄ḡara. |
| Thorn | Il. |
| Those (near) persons | Pitsanir, Pianir. |
| Those two (near) persons | Galitsanir, Galianir. |
| Those (near) animals | Tinir. |
| Those (yonder) persons | Pitsanem, Yad. |
| Those animals or things yonder | Tinem. |
| Those two (yonder) | Galitsanem, Galianem. |
| Thou | Igur. |
| Three days hence | Dukuf. |
| Throat | Taliginai. |
| Throw down | Thik. |
| Thunder | Derra. |
| Thus | Arragon. |
| Tie (fasten) | Mak. |
| Tie up | Mak n̄ḡalang. |
| Tieing together | Mitsibitsi. |
| To (dat. & obj.) | Ko. |
| To (towards) | Ν̄ḡa. |
| To (infin. & in order to) | Ν̄ḡe. |
| Tobacco | Tamako. |
| To be | Per. |
| To-day | Doba, Tsediri. |
| Toe | Buguliei. |
| Toe nail | Kuyun̄ḡun ei. |
| To-morrow | Kabul. |
| Tongue | Athei, Yomon olun̄ḡai. |
| Tooth | Ν̄ḡuol. |
| Tortoise | Darao. |
| Touch, to | El. |
| Toward above | Ν̄ḡalang. |
| Toward below | Ν̄ḡabut. |
| Toward inside | Ν̄ḡalangin. |
| Toward outside | Ν̄ḡauen. |
| Towards yonder | Ν̄ḡaram. |
| Tree | Ren. |
| Trouble | Domomu. |
| Trunk of tree | Ren guin. |
| Tumor | Lod, Madus. |
| Tune | Yai. |
| Turbid | Barnar. |
| Turn around | Pin̄ḡak. |
| Turn to one side | Kesigire. |
| Twilight | Faniel. |
| U | |
| Ugly | Fogu, Magagan, Bulak. |
| Uncover | Fal. |
| Under | Tan̄ḡin. |
| Unequal | Bithilthil. |
| Unfasten | Gothagathei. |
| Untie | Pithik. |
| Until | Fin. |
| Up | Ν̄ḡalang. |
| Urine | Fi. |
| Us only | Ν̄ḡomad. |
| Us two | Ν̄ḡodou. |
| Us two only, | Ν̄ḡomou. |
| V | |
| Vain | Ufuf. |
| Valiant | Madan̄ḡadan̄ḡ-komal. |
| Value | Kuyun̄ḡun. |
| Vegetable | Uelduk. |
| Vein | Ν̄ḡutsei. |
| Very | Piri; very good—felnifel. |
| Village | Tagil, Binau. |
| Voice | Lunn̄ḡun. |
| Vomit | Fud, Ν̄ḡorok. |
| W | |
| Waist-cloth | Tẖu. |
| Wait a little | Mininum. |
| Waken | Od. |
| Walk (to take a) | An, Tseltsel seinian. |
| Wall | Tsam, Mal. |
| War belt | Tsagal. |
| Water (sea) | Adai, Dai. |
| Water (fresh) | Ran. |
| Water from coconut | Lin̄ḡir. |
| We | Gadad. |
| We two | Gadou. |
| We two only | Somu. |
| We (all of us) | Gomad. |
| Weak | Don̄ḡon̄ḡoi, Oroporopek. |
| Wear, to | Buek. |
| Weave | Lifith. |
| Weep, to | Ior. |
| Well (good) | Kafel. |
| Wet | Garda, Meiogo. |
| What? | Manga? |
| When | Baifinë. |
| When (in the past) | Uin. |
| When (during the day) | Mangial. |
| When (in the future) | Dȧin. |
| Where | Uu. |
| Where? | Bau? Bain? |
| Wherefor | Ν̄ḡe-dii. |
| Which? | Mini. |
| Which (relative) | Ni; (neuter objects)—Tinin̄ḡan. |
| Which of those two objects | Galinin̄ḡan; which one (neuter object)—benin̄ḡan. |
| Whistle | Felagur. |
| White | Vetch-vetch, Uth. |
| Whither | Danduu, darduu, n̄ḡan. |
| Who? | Mini? |
| Who (relative) | Ni. |
| Why? | Manga fan? |
| Wife | Len̄ḡin, Figir. |
| Wild | Malaboch. |
| Wind (breeze) | Nifeng, Maäb. |
| Wind-pipe | Kon̄ḡlugunai. |
| Wing | Pon. |
| Wish, to | Dak. |
| With | Ko. |
| Within | Lan̄ḡgin. |
| Woman | Pin. |
| Woman’s house | Tapal. |
| Woman of the Failu | Mispil. |
| Wood | Ren. |
| Word | Thin, Athin. |
| Work | Moruel. |
| Wound, to | Li. |
| Wound, a | Malad. |
| Wrist | Ulul-u-pei. |
| Wrong | Dakafel. |
| Wronged | Gudor. |
| Y | |
| Yam | Deok, Lak. |
| Yawn | Guloua. |
| Year | Duu. |
| Yellow | Mogotrul, Ren̄ḡren̄ḡ, Bụt. |
| Yes | Hu, Hei. |
| Yesterday | Fouap. |
| Yonder | Uaram. |
| You | Igur; plural—Gumed; dual—Gumu. |
| Young (offspring) | Fak. |
| Younger (or junior) | Ν̄ḡijik. |
| Your | Rom. |
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.