Place Names of the Marshall Islands
Atolls & Islands
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Rālik chain Aelōñin-ae{hayẹlẹgin-hayey}. cf:aelōñ,ae "island of current". Aelōñḷapḷap{hayẹlẹgḷapḷap}. cf:aelōñ,ḷap "large atoll". Āne-wātak{yanẹy-waytak}. Epoon{yepewen}. cf:iep waan "a type of basket which the atoll is thought to be shaped like". Jālooj{jalẹwẹj}. cf:jāl,wōj "facing you" or "facing beauty". Kuwajleen{kʷiwajleyen}. cf:waj "to you",leen "its fruit"; legend says that after a typhoon its only fruit was flowers which the people took to the chief as the only available tribute. Lae{lahyey}. cf:ḷae "calm water". Naṃdik{naṃdik}. cf:naṃ,dik "small secondary lagoon". Naṃo{naṃẹw}. Pikinni{pikinniy}. cf:pik,ni "surface of coconuts". Roñdik{rʷegʷdik}. cf:roñ,dik "small hoop". Roñḷap{rʷegʷḷap}. Wōtto{wettew}. Wūjae{wijahyey}. cf:wūj,ae "rough currents". Wūjlañ{wijlag}. cf:wūj,lañ "rough, cloudy sky". Rālik island Ellep{yellep}. cf:el,ḷap "big nest". Jebat{jebat}. cf:bat "hill". Kōle{kẹlẹy}. cf:kōle "a basket". Ratak chain Ādkup{yadkʷip}. Aelok{hayẹlẹkʷ}. Arṇo{harṇew}. cf:ar "lagoon beach",ṇo "wave". Aur{hawir}. Bok-ak{bekʷ-hak}. cf:ak "frigate bird". Likiep{likiyep}. cf:iep "basket". Mājro{majrẹw}. cf:māj,ruo "two openings"; see alsoMājruon andMājrwi-rōk . Ṃaḷo-eḷap{ṃaḷew-yeḷap}. cf:ṃaḷo "large lagoon". Mile{milẹy}. Ṇa-dikdik{ṇah-dikdik}. cf:dik "small shoal". Pikaar{pikahar}. cf:pik,ar "fly lagoonward". Tōkā{tekay}. Utrōk{witrẹk}. cf:ut,rōk "southern flower". Wōjjā{wejjay}. cf:jejāāk "land on which one can overeat". Ratak island Jāmọ{jaymaw}. cf:mọ "taboo". Mājeej{majẹyẹj}. cf:māj,ej "eastern opening". Roñdik Roñdik{rʷegʷdik}. cf:roñ,dik "small hoop". Roñdik channel Toon-Āne-wātak{tewen-yanẹy-waytak}. Toon-Bok{tewen-bekʷ}. Toon-Jatōptōp{tewen-jateptep}. Roñdik district A-eañ-eṇ{hah-yag-yeṇ}. Aetọ{hayetaw}. cf:aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Eoon-ene{yẹwẹn-yẹnẹy}. cf:eoonene "main islet". Jitto-eṇ{jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf:jitto "head westward". Lik-laḷ{lik-laḷ}. cf:liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Roñdik islet Āne-wātak{yanẹy-waytak}. Bok{bekʷ}. Bokwan-kāmeej{bekʷan-kaymẹyẹj}. cf:kāmeej "redwood". Bok-we-raj{bekʷ-wey-raj}. cf:wā "to spear",raj "whale". Jiped-pọ{jiped-paw}. cf:jiped,pọ "flatten entering the coral". Kārokā{kayrẹwkay}. Ṃweetdik{ṃeyetdik}. cf:Naṃwi . Ṃweetḷap{ṃeyetḷap}. Patpat{patpat}. cf:pat "swampy". Pikōn-aden{piken-haden}. cf:pikin,aden "surface of tridachna shells". Roñdik{rʷegʷdik}. cf:roñ,dik "small hoop". Roñdik tract Akob-eṇ{hakʷẹb-yeṇ}. cf:kob "bent". Apādto{hapadtẹw}. cf:apād "westward ambush". Deñōjeen{degejeen}. Doñōjen{degʷejyen}. Eoon-kōjeej{yewen-kẹjẹyẹj}. Jatōptōp{jateptep}. cf:jatōptōp "stand firm". Jitōn-or{jiten-wer}. cf:Jepān-or,jit,jitnen ṃōṃō "heador point of theor (?)". Kā-meej{kay-meyej}. cf:kā,meej "bright-colored trunks". Kapin-mej{kapin-mẹj}. cf:mej "west of the opening between islets". Ledpāp{ledpap}. cf:pāp "frond". Lōbrar{lebrar}. Lọ-būkōr-eṇ{law-bikẹr-yeṇ}. Lọ-jurōk-eṇ{law-jiwrẹk-yeṇ}. cf:jurōk "net fishing". Lo-katok{lew-katekʷ}. cf:katok "sacrifice". Lo-taat{lew-tahat}. Lo-ut{lew-wit}. cf:ut "flower". Ṃaaj{ṃahaj}. Ṃōn-kūbwe{ṃen-kibey}. cf:kūbwe "feces". Roñḷap Roñḷap{rʷegʷḷap}. Roñḷap channel Toon-Aidik{tewen-hayidik}. Toon-Āne-doulul{tewen-yanẹy-dẹwilwil}. Toon-Āne-jet{tewen-yanẹy-jet}. Toon-Āne-kaṇ{tewen-yanẹy-kaṇ}. Toon-Bok-ellāāp{tewen-bekʷ-yellayap}. Toon-Jabwan{tewen-jabwan}. Toon-Kārokā{tewen-kayrẹwkay}. Toon-Kiejej{tewen-kiyẹjyẹj}. Roñḷap district A-eañ-eṇ{hah-yag-yeṇ}. Aetọ{hayetaw}. cf:aetọ "small islets, northeast side". Bōran-aelōñ-in{beran-hayẹlẹg-yin}. Eoon-ene{yẹwẹn-yẹnẹy}. cf:eoonene "main islet". Jitniñiañ{jitnigyiyag}. Jitrōkiañ{jitrẹkyiyag}. Jitto-eṇ{jittẹw-yeṇ}. cf:jitto "head westward". (3) Kapin-aelōñ-in{kapin-hayẹlẹg-yin}. Lik-laḷ{lik-laḷ}. cf:liklaḷ "leeward side of atoll". Roñḷap islet Ādapoot{yadahpewet}. Aej-kaṇ{hayẹj-kaṇ}. Aidik{hayidik}. cf:aidik "narrow". Aḷñaden{haḷgaden}. Āne-aetok{yanẹy-hayetekʷ}. cf:aetok "long". Āne-barbar{yanẹy-barbar}. cf:bar "rock". Āne-dik{yanẹy-dik}. cf:dik "small". (2) Āne-doulul{yanẹy-dẹwilwil}. Āneeḷḷap-kaṇ{yanẹyẹḷḷap-kaṇ}. Āne-jet{yanẹy-jet}. cf:jet "miscellaneous". Āne-kaṇ{yanẹy-kaṇ}. Āne-ḷap{yanẹy-ḷap}. Anjāje-kaṇ{hanjayjẹy-kaṇ}. cf:jāje "sword". Arbar{harbar}. cf:bar "rock". Bar-eṇ{bar-yeṇ}. Batbūt-eṇ{batbit-yeṇ}. Bok{bekʷ}. Bok-alwōj{bekʷ-halwẹj}. cf:alwōj "look at". Bok-ellāāp{bekʷ-yellayap}. Bok-eṇ{bekʷ-yeṇ}. Bok-jālto{bekʷ-jaltẹw}. cf:jaḷ,to "face westward". Bok-kā{bekʷ-kay}. Bok-kaṇ-rokkut{bekʷ-kaṇ-rekʷkʷit}. cf:kukut "close together". Bokwan-Etao{bekʷan-yetahwew}. cf:Etao "legendary trickster". Bokwan-kidudujet{bekʷan-kidiwdiwjẹt}. cf:kidudujet "sea monster". Bōrọk{berakʷ}. Ekōj{yẹkẹj}. cf:kōj "it is us". Eoon-peje{yẹwẹn-pẹjẹy}. It-kaṇ{yit-kaṇ}. cf:it "make fire". Jokdik{jekʷdik}. cf:jok "small perch". Joor-kaṇ{jẹwẹr-kaṇ}. cf:joor "those posts", "those tall trees". Roñḷap islet... Kapale{kapaley}. cf:kapāl "make magic for him". Kārokā{kayrẹwkay}. Ke-eṇ{kẹy-yeṇ}. cf:ke "porpoise". Kiejej{kiyẹjyẹj}. cf:Pemphis acidula "">kiej "Pemphis acidula ", or a distortion ofkāājej "really". Kilọk-eṇ{kilakʷ-yeṇ}. cf:kilọk "to juice pandanus". Kimej-kaṇ{kimẹj-kaṇ}. Ḷabarej{ḷabaryẹj}. Likōṃṃan{likeṃṃan}. cf:lik,ṃōṃan "good ocean side". Lippiruk-kaṇ{lippirikʷ-kaṇ}. cf:lippiru "those berries". Lọ-ṃwilaḷ{law-ṃilaḷ}. cf:ṃwilaḷ "in the depths". Looj{lẹwẹj}. cf:Looj "clan name". Lukoon{likʷẹwẹn}. cf:lukwōn wōn "in the middle of the ripening pit". Lukottōkkā{likʷettekkay}. cf:lukwō-,tōkā "in the middle of the long reef". Mālu{maliw}. cf:mālu "fragrant". Mejatto{mejattew}. cf:mejatoto "possessed by ghosts", ormejān to "eye of the passage". Ṇa-eṇ{ṇah-yeṇ}. cf:eṇ "the shoal". Naṃ-en{naṃ-yen}. cf:naṃ "secondary lagoon". Pikden{pikdẹn}. cf:dān "watery surface". Pikōn-arar{piken-harhar}. cf:arar; "poke with a stick". Pikōṇṇo{pikeṇṇew}. cf:pik,ṇo "surface of waves". Pikōn-ōbbōn{piken-hebben}. cf:bōbō "spear fishing on the reef". Roñḷap tract Aebōj{hayẹbẹj}. cf:aebōj "well". Ajoḷ{hajeḷʷ}. cf:Ajol "a pandanus cultigen". Akadik-eṇ{hakahdik-yeṇ}. Āleen-ak{yaleyen-hak}. cf:el,ak "frigate bird nest". Bat-doulul{bat-dẹwilwil}. cf:bat,doulul "round hill". Bat-wi{bat-wiy}. Bōke-eṇ{bẹkẹy-yeṇ}. Bōnlik-bōnar{benlik-benhar}. Būkōn-paotok{biken-pahwewtekʷ}. cf:pao,tok "appearance from here". Bwil-eṇ{bil-yeṇ}. cf:bwil "heat". El-eṇ{yel-yeṇ}. Ettar-kaṇ{yettar-kaṇ}. Jabkwōn{jabkʷen}. cf:jabok "part of it". Jabōn-bok{jaben-bekʷ}. cf:bok "tip of the sandspit". Jabōn-Etao{jaben-yetahwew}. cf:Etao "legendary trickster". Jabwi-ṇa-eṇ{jabiy-ṇah-yeṇ}. cf:ṇa "tip of the shoal". Jebtōkā{jebtekay}. cf:jeb-,tōkā "reach the long reef". Jibokra{jibẹkʷrah}. cf:jipikra "slapping of waves". Kapi-jabwan{kapiy-jabwan}. cf:Jabwan "place name" "west of Jabwan". Kapin-pat{kapin-pat}. cf:pat "bottom (west side) of the swamp". Kiden-ḷapḷap{kidẹn-ḷapḷap}. Kur-eṇ{kʷir-yeṇ}. cf:kur "squirrel fish". Lijaro{lijarew}. Lijeerpit{lijeyerpit}. Ḷọjipā{ḷawjipay}. Lo-katok{lew-katekʷ}. cf:katok "sacrifice". Lọ-meej{law-meyej}. cf:meej "at the accustomed place". Lọ-pat{law-pat}. cf:pat "swamp". Lọ-ro-eṇ{law-rew-yeṇ}. Lọ-ror-eṇ{law-rʷerʷ-yeṇ}. cf:ror "at the roaring place". (2) Lọ-to-eṇ{law-tew-yeṇ}. Roñḷap tract... Lur-ene{lirʷ-yẹnẹy}. cf:lur "calm",āne "islet". Maaj{mahaj}. cf:maaj "clearing". Ṃaḷkwōn{ṃaḷkʷẹn}. cf:ṃaḷokḷok "sting ray". Mar-eṇ{mar-yeṇ}. Meḷaḷ-eṇ{meḷaḷ-yeṇ}. cf:meḷaḷ "demon playground". Ṃōjālto{ṃejaltẹw}. cf:jāl,to "house facing westward". Ṃōn-allọk{ṃen-hallakʷ}. cf:allọk "examine". Ṃōn-kio{ṃen-kiyew}. cf:kio "a plant". Ṃōn-pako{ṃen-pakew}. cf:pako "shark". Ṃweeṇ-ḷap{ṃeyeṇ-ḷap}. cf:ḷap "large". (2) Ṃwin-bar{ṃin-bar}. cf:bar "rock". Ṃwin-kijdik-eṇ{ṃin-kijdik-yeṇ}. cf:kijdik "rat". Ṃwin-Luāl{ṃin-liwyal}. Ṃwin-ukok{ṃin-wikwẹk}. cf:ukok "turn over". Obbar{webbar}. cf:obbar "fishing method". Pādāl{padal}. cf:pādāl "roots push up the soil". Pāl-wōj{pal-wẹj}. cf:pāl,wōj "blow to you". Pedọḷ{pedaḷʷ}. cf:pedọḷ "a plant". Reo{reyew}. cf:rōreo "clean". Tutu-ḷañ-ari-jet{tiwtiw-ḷag-hariy-jet}. cf:lọjet "wet storm on the beach of the sea". Uttin-ene{wittin-yẹnẹy}. cf:āne "islet". Roñḷap tract, Mile islet Jibwin-men{jibin-men}. cf:jibwi-,men "grandmother of things or animals" or "his pet creature". |
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