| vacation | YoucancomewithmeandhaveavacationinHawaii,butyouhavetopayyourownway. | KomaroñuweimkakkijeippaHawaii,ijokekwōjaikujmakekōḷḷāwōṇaāṃ. | ijoke |
| | TakehimonavacationtoHawaii. | Kwōnkōjaṃṃboikḷọk ñanHawaii. | jaṃbo |
| | FivecouplescamefromAmericaforavacationandoneofthemisnowsick. | Ḷalemenri-pāleleraarjaṃbotokjānAmedkaimjuoniaanri-jaṃboreinenañinmej. | jaṃbo |
| | I'llgoonsummervacationtoHawaii. | Inaajjeṃarḷọk ñanHawaii. | jeṃar |
| | Iwillcomeforsummervacation. | Inaajjeṃarwaj. | jeṃar |
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| vacationing | Thatcoupleisalwaysvacationing. | Ejjaṃbobojareṇ. | jaṃbo |
| vacations | Tonyistakingvacationsallthetime. | Tonyeḷapanjejeṃarṃar (ejjeṃarṃar). | jeṃar |
| vain | ThoushaltnottakethenameoftheLordthyGodinvain. | KwōnjabbapataetanaṃIrooj. | ba pata |
| | ThoushaltnottakeinvainthenameoftheLordthyGod,fortheLordwillneverforgiveonewhotakeshisnameinvain.S5 | KwōnjabbapataetanJeovaaṃAnij;bweJeovaejāminjoḷọkruōneoejbapataetan. | ba pata |
| | ThoushaltnottakeinvainthenameoftheLordthyGod,fortheLordwillneverforgiveonewhotakeshisnameinvain.S5 | KwōnjabbapataetanJeovaaṃAnij;bweJeovaejāminjoḷọkruōneoejbapataetan. | ba pata |
| | Don’tbetakeninbyhimbecausehe’sconstantlysovain. | Kwōnjabpoippānbweeuttaiḷōṃbajjek. | bwe |
| | Hewasfrustratedoverhisvainattemptstoimpressthegirl. | Eḷapandikāāḷāḷkōnanbaneledikeo. | dikāāḷāḷ |
| MORE vain |
| valleys | Therearelotsofvalleysintheinteriorofthisislet. | Eokkoṃlaḷlaḷeoojinānin | koṃlaḷ |
| Valuable | Valuable. | Ḷaptokja-. | tokja- |
| | I'mnotcountingthecostbutifit'svaluable,I'llbuyit. | Ijjabwatōkkōnoṇāānakñeeortokjāninaajwiaiki. | watwat |
| value | Canyouassessthevalueoflife? | Kwōmaroñkejoñeaorōkinmour? | joñe aorōkin |
| | Cheap,oflittlevalue. | Diktokja-. | tokja- |
| | Ofnovalue.Worthless. | Jejtokjān. | tokja- |
| | Makeitworthlessorofnovalue. | Kajejtokjān. | tokja- |
| | Encourageyourchildtovaluelearningtosothats/hebecomesthestudentyouwillbeproudof. | Kōketakajrieonājiṃkōnaurōkinjeḷāḷọkjeṇbweeneromjuōnri-jikuuḷeokwōnaajutiejburuōṃkake. | ketak |
| vanished | Theshipvanishedoverthehorizon. | Ejetḷọkwaeo. | jetḷọk |
| vanishing | Hewokeasthedarknesswasvanishing. | Earrujwōtkeejmemarokrok (emmarokrok). | marok |
| variations | Stopinsertingvariationsintothedance. | Jabukukōtkilenebṇe | ukok |
| variety | He'splantingpandanusoftheAelokvarietyonthatwāto | Ejekkatbōbbweenkaaelokewātoeṇ. | Aelok |
| | It'suncookedjuiceoftheAelokpandanusvariety,mixedwithcratedcoconut. | MokwaṇdadaanAelok. | Aelok |
| | TheAelōñkeinvarietyfromNamorikhasnice,bigbananas. | EkkillepwūdinAelōñkeininNaṃdik. | Aelōñ-kein |
| | ThispandanuspasteisderivedfromtheAijvariety. | MokwaṇinAijmenin. | Aij |
| | Theajoḷ pandanusvarietyfromEboncannotgrowanywhereelse. | AjoḷinEpoonebaneddekilobarjuonāne | Ajoḷ |
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| vase | Changethewaterinthevasebecauseit'sgettingsmelly. | Kōkāāldānninnienutṇebweejuoñ. | juoñ |
| | Becarefulwiththatvasebecauseit'sbrittle. | Kōjparoknienutṇebweekkōṃ. | kōkōṃ |
| vehicle | Doyourbesttoholdonbecausethisvehicleisgoingfast. | Kateeokdāpdepbwewainejbuuḷ. | dāpdep |
| | TheonlythingtheylackedwasavehicletohaulthesethingstoLikiep,exceptforthefieldtripship,butwewouldhavehadtowaitforthatforthreemonths.P19 | MeneoejjeḷọkdeeowaanektakiḷọkmenkeinñanLikiep,ijellọkinwōttiṃainrauneo,akkōnkekōmmānaikujnaajkarkōttartokbarjiluallōñ. | de |
| | Thevehiclekeepsturningthiswayandthat. | Ejjeoreorwaeo. | jeor |
| | Her/hisvehiclealwayshasaflattire. | Ejjepdakdakneenwaeṇwaan. | jepdak |
| | Theinsideofthatvehicleisclutteredwithpackages. | Ejepjepelowaanwaṇe | jepjep |
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| veins | Theveinsinhisarmsarequitevisible. | Ealikkarekeinpein. | eke |
| | Onecanseelotsofveinsinhisarms. | Eekekepeinḷeeṇ | eke |
| | Thearteriesandveinsinourbodyarethewaysbloodcirculatesinourbodies. | Ekekeiniloānbwinnidrejiaḷanbōtōktōkiloānbwinnid | iaḷan bōtōktōk |
| venereal | Sailorsinbarksofoldoftenhadvenereal diseases | Ejjeplejlejjeḷainbaakkoetto. | jeplej |
| | BecauseofthefactthatvenerealdiseasewasfirstintroducedtotheMarshallesepeoplebytheAmericanwhaleshipcrewmen,theycalleditmādke ("America"). | KōnankarrūAmedkaroilowaankōrajrajkojinobōktoknañinmejinñanriṂajeḷ,raarṇaetanmādke. | mādke |
| venture | Hisbusinessventurewasaflop. | Eḷapanjeratapeejnejeoan. | jerata |
| veranda | Whenweapproachedtheverandaofthehouse,Fatherquicklygreetedthechiefwhowassittingwithhiswife.P228 | Kekōṃroejjikrōkḷọkiloetōñaakinṃweo,Jemaeṃōkajimiọkiọkweḷọkiroojeoejjijetippānlejḷāeo. | lejḷā |
| | Thishousehasnoveranda. | Ejjeḷọkettōñaakinṃwiin | tōñaak |
| verbal | Youmissedtheverbal skirmish | Kwobbattokjānimeo. | bōbat |
| | Averbalskirmishtookplaceinthehousenextdoornorth. | Juoneoimearwaḷokilowetajabṇeiōñ. | im |
| versa | Hekeptgoingbackandforth,fromtheoceansidetothelagoonsideandviceversauntilnight-fall. | Earwanlik-wōnarḷọkoooṃemarok. | wanlik-wōnar |
| verse | “TheBiblesays,‘Obedienceisbetterthansacrifice,’”theBoatswainrespondedtomewiththisverse.P1210 | “Baibōḷejba,‘Eṃṃanpokakejānkatok’,”Bojineoebatokeooninñan ña | eoon |
| | Theyreadverse 16ofJohn3 | RaarkōnonoeoonjoñouljiljinoiloJohn3 | eoon |
| vertical | It'shardtoclimbthatcoconutbecauseit'sstandingexactlyvertical. | Epentalliñeniṇebweeju. | ju |
| vertically | Yourkitecanflyvertically. | Emakejuliṃaakakṇewaaṃ. | ju |
| very | It'sveryshadyunderthattree. | Eḷapanaelelloriuṃwinwōjkeeṇ. | aelor |
| | Theairisverycoolintheevening. | Eḷapanaeṃōḷoḷomejatotoinjota. | aeṃōḷoḷo |
| | They'revery noisy | Ejjeḷọkwōtaeñwāñwāier. | aeñwāñwā |
| | Thatgraveyardisvery spooky | Eḷapanaetowūleejeṇ. | aeto |
| | He'svery tall (lit.He'stallerthanatallcoconuttree.) | Eaitokjānkenato. | aitok |
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| vessel | Awhalingvessel. | Waankōrajraj. | kōrajraj |
| | Theyrolledthevesseltowardtheshore. | Raarkoroukānetakwaeo. | kōro |
| | Thatvesselisridingthewaves. | Eṃōtwaeṇ. | ṃōt |
| | Therearemanychantsforavesselinthelagoon.Anythinggoesatsea. | Elōñrujānwailọmeto. | roro |
| vessels | Thebloodpressurehefeltinthebloodvesselsinhisleftarmpreventedhimfromwork. | Aerinbōtōktōkinekeinpeintuanmiiñearkautaṃweikijānjerbal. | aerin bōtōktōk |
| veteran | He'sacombatveteran. | Earpādilotariṇae. | tariṇae |
| vice | Hekeptgoingbackandforth,fromtheoceansidetothelagoonsideandviceversauntilnight-fall. | Earwanlik-wōnarḷọkoooṃemarok. | wanlik-wōnar |
| vicious | Theyweresoviciousthattheycamerightupalongthesideoftheboat.P1000 | Joñanaerājāj,rejwātokimatartarippānwaeo. | atartar |
| | Themostvicious. | Ājājtata. | ājāj |
| | Theyweresoviciousthattheycamerightupalongthesideoftheboat.P1000 | Joñanaerājāj,rejwātokimatartarippānwaeo. | ājāj |
| victims | ThosearetheradiationvictimsfromRongelap. | Ri-baaṃrojānRoñḷapraṇe. | baaṃ |
| Viet | TheydebatedonAmerica'spresenceinViet Nam | RaarkōbọuwekakeanAmedkapādPietnaaṃ. | kōbọuwe |
| | TheAmericantroopswaitedabitbeforetheyresumedtheassaultandwipedoutalltheViet Cong | RūttariṇaeroanAmedekaraarkōmeḷanjidikinnembarjinoṃurṃur ñanmaatinri-VietCongro. | meḷan |
| Vietnam | TheAmericansbombedNorthVietnam. | NorthVietnamRi-Amedkaraarbọkutañe! | bọkutañ |
| view | Don'tletmebotheryouasI'mjusttakingintheview. | Jabeltokbweijalwōjbajjek. | alwōj bajjek |
| | ItwasaboutthistimethatToonMejcameintoview.P1319 | EjjailoiieninwōtkōmmānkarbuñutḷọkToonMej. | buñ |
| | “Thatwaytherewillbeaclearviewforustofocusonthelight.P1122 | “Kabkeenmeḷakñanadwajemerameṇ. | meḷak |
| | Whenthebirdsflewouttosea,theyblockedourviewofit. | Eḷakpikmetoḷọkbaoko,jebanlolọjet. | pikmeto |
| | Heobstructedmyview. | Earpinejṃaanū | pinej |
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| village | Thepoisonkilledandscatteredpilesofcorpsesalloverthevillage. | Baijineoekaajeḷḷāikibukwōneo. | ajeḷḷā |
| vinegar | Thatvinegarhasalreadybecomeacid. | Eajetpenkōṇe | ajet |
| | Thatvinegarisacidic. | Eajetepenkōṇe | ajet |
| | Ifitstandslongerasjimañūñ,itwillbecomevinegar.S19 | Ñeetoḷọkwōtanpādjimañūñeoenaajerompenkō. | ñe |
| | Ifitstandslongerasjimañūñ,itwillbecomevinegar.S19 | Ñeetoḷọkwōtanpādjimañūñeoenaajerompenkō. | penkō |
| violet | Thevioletshadeofthatdressispleasing. | Eṃṃananpipiolōtlōt (ippiolōtlōt)nuknukṇe | piolōt |
| | Whichoneofyouspilledthevioletpaintthere? | Wōniaamiearkapiolōteijeṇe? | piolōt |
| violinist | Heistheviolinist. | Ri-baeoḷiineoeṇ. | baeoliin |
| VIP | You'resuchaV.I.P.it'sdifficulttogetyoutoanswerthequestion. | Bajakajeūṃkeepenaṃuwaak. | akaje |
| | HeactslikeaV.I.P.eversincehewenttotheU.S. | Eakajeṃūtōnkōnankarpādiloaelōñinpāllekaṇ. | akaje |
| | WheredidtheV.I.P.go? | Iaeoakajeeoeetalieḷọk | akaje |
| VIPʻs | ThishouseisfullofV.I.P.'s. | Eḷakkūkiṃwiin | ḷakkūk |
| | ManyV.I.P.'scameonthatplane. | Elōñruutiejraaritokilobaḷuuneo. | utiej |
| virgin | Thatgirlisnotavirgin. | Eṃōjanḷwūpledikeṇ. | ḷwūp |
| vise | ThevisewasmadeintheUSAbecauseit'sstrong. | BaijinAmericabweekajoor. | baij |
| | Becarefulnottogethishandinthevise. | Lalekwobaijipein. | baij |
| visible | Thefirstquarterofthemoonforthismonthinnotvisible. | Adikinallōñjabinettino. | adik |
| | Isthefirstquarterofthemoonvisible yet | Enañinadikke? | adik |
| | It'sstillvisible. | Ejalikkarwōt. | alikkar |
| | Theveinsinhisarmsarequitevisible. | Ealikkarekeinpein. | eke |
| | Becausetherearenostarsvisibleintheskymakestonightmorepitchblackthanlastnight. | Anejjeḷọkijueṇejwaḷọkilañekainnijekḷọkbuñininjānboñ. | innijek |
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| vision | “Fellas,becausewearegettingolderwearestartingtoloseourvision,”theCaptainsaid.P1245 | Ḷōṃarekōnadbwijwōḷāḷọkjejinopilo,”eba. | bwijwoḷā |
| visit | Let'sgetgoingwiththevisitsowecangohome. | Jenaktalḷọkbwejenrọọl. | aktal |
| | Thegroupofpeopletovisitusaregettingreadytomove. | Ri-aktalroraṇrejpojakwōtineṃṃakūt. | aktal |
| | She'sarrangingforyou (threeormorepersons)visithimatthehospital. | Ejkōṃṃanamiwōjiienloḷọkiloaujpitōḷ. | amiwōj |
| | “IwillneedtovisithimafterIseeyouguyshome,”Fathersaid.P127 | “Inaajaikujloḷọk ālikinaōlowajkoṃeañiṃweeṇ,”Jemaeba. | eṃ |
| | Whydidyouseldomvisit us | Enañinjejaaṃitok? | jeja |
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| visited | DoyouremembertheplaceswevisitedinAmerica? | KwōjememejkeijokojaarpādieAmedka? | ijoko |
| visiting | Theykeeponvisitingthechief'shouse. | Etal-in-wotjuonaerloḷọkIroojeo. | etal in wōt juon |
| visitors | He'saflopwhenitcometovisitors. | Eñakaililōkruamaejet. | aililōk |
| | Shehasdiplomacywithhervisitors. | Ejeḷākuṇaanñaṇruwamāejet. | jeḷā kuṇaa- |
| | Thewomenwerebusilypreparingfoodforthevisitors. | Liṃaroraarjejeikik (ejjeikik)imkọṃṃanṃōñā ñanri-lotokro. | jejeikik |
| | Onlynewcomersandchiefsarehonoredinthisway,orifthereisafirstbirthday,oriftherearevisitors.S4 | Rejkaṃōḷowōtñanruwamāejetkabirooj,ñeejwōrkeemem,kabñeewōrri-lotok. | lo- |
| | Who'sprovidingaccommodationsforthevisitors? | Wōneoejri-ṇajikinruamaejetro? | ṇajikin |
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| visits | I'msoupsetbyhisfrequentvisits. | Bajabṇōṇōūkōnanmemakijkijtok. | abṇōṇō |
| | Herarelyvisitshisfather | Ejọkkutkutijemān. | jọkkutkut |
| voice | Thesoundofyourvoicelullsmysoultosleep. (wordsfromalovesong). | Ainikiōṃekakiikiaō. | ainikie- |
| | Hehasthevoiceofawoman. | Eainikienkōrā. | ainikie- |
| | Icouldn’tunderstandwhathewassayingbecausehewastalkinginalowvoice.P976 | Ijjabmeḷeḷetakoekarbakōnandikainikien. | ainikie- |
| | ThevoiceofconscienceoftheHolySpirithelpedhim. | AinikienbōklōkōtinJetōbKwōjarjarejipañejānjorrāān. | ainikien bōklōkōt |
| | Raiseyourvoice. | Būḷakeainikieṃ. | būḷak |
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| Voices | Voicesfilledtheair. | Eiṃaajajainikienkomejatoto. | iṃaajaj |
| volleyball | Johnisplayingvolleyball now | Jọọnejbaḷebọọlkiiō. | baḷebọọḷ |
| | Couldyoulethimplayvolleyball? | Komaroñkekōbalebọọḷe? | baḷebọọḷ |
| | Theyarethevolleyball players | Ri-balebọọḷroraṇ | baḷebọọḷ |
| volume | That'stheonewhospeaksthelowestinvolume. | Ajjinonotataankōnonoeoṇe | ajjinono |
| voodoo | Don'ttryhimbecausehe'savoodoo expert | Kwōnjabkadkadajajbweeanitta. | kadkadajaj |
| voraciously | Don'teatsovoraciouslyorpeoplewillthinkyouhavenomanners. | Kwōnjabñabñabbwearmejrenājbakoñakṃanōt | ñabñab |
| vote | Besureandvoteforhim. | Kabboutiḷeeṇ | bout |
| | Youtakehimtothevotingplaceandhavehimvote. | Kwōnukeimkabouti. | bout |
| | Whodidyouvote for | Wōneokwaarbouti? | bout |
| | Inyesterday'svoteintheNitijelātherewasonemorevoteinfavor,butthespeakertieditbyvotingno. | BooteoinneiloNitijeḷāekarḷejuonaetakjipikōreoekarkajeboikiiloankarbootjaab. | jebo |
| | Inyesterday'svoteintheNitijelātherewasonemorevoteinfavor,butthespeakertieditbyvotingno. | BooteoinneiloNitijeḷāekarḷejuonaetakjipikōreoekarkajeboikiiloankarbootjaab. | jebo |
| votes | Wherearethevotes? | Erkiboutko? | bout |
| voting | Whatvotingplaceareyoufrom? | Kwōjri-boutinia? | bout |
| | Youtakehimtothevotingplaceandhavehimvote. | Kwōnukeimkabouti. | bout |
| | Inyesterday'svoteintheNitijelātherewasonemorevoteinfavor,butthespeakertieditbyvoting no | BooteoinneiloNitijeḷāekarḷejuonaetakjipikōreoekarkajeboikiiloankarbootjaab. | jebo |
| vows | Hedefiedhismarriagevows. | Earkaarmejjetekalliṃurinpālelekoan. | kaarmejjet |
| voyage | Theywenttoseeoffthegroupthatismakingthevoyage. | Rōmootinjuwōneikjarkorejuwe. | juwōne |
| | Theyaredoingeverythingnecessarytopreparethatcanoeforitsvoyage. | Waeoeṇrejkōpopoojeñananjerak. | kōpopo |
| | Havetheypreparedprovisionsforthevoyage? | Eṃōjkeaerkōṃṃanṃōd | ṃōd |
| voyages | Thatshipmakesalotofvoyages. | Waeoebbuñliklikeṇ. | buñlik |
| Vroom | “Heyguys,VroomVroomisalive,”oneofthefishermensaid,andeveryonelaughedmockingly.P317 | Ṃae,emourbūrūṃrūṃ,”juoniaanrieọñōdroebainnemaolepimtōtōñinkajjirere. | mour |
| | “Heyguys,VroomVroomisalive,”oneofthefishermensaid,andeveryonelaughedmockingly.P317 | Ṃae,emourbūrūṃrūṃ,”juoniaanrieọñōdroebainnemaolepimtōtōñinkajjirere. | mour |