Ulithian Society:

High Chief

Tamwool

The Poor

Maaelhaffohoay

Warriors

Berah

Priest

Paaedre

from Spanish padre

Person

Yarmat

Man

Mwaal'

Woman

Feeafel

Grandparent

Sil temach moa selaech moa temael temach moa selaech

parents of our mother and father

Grandfather

Temael temach

father's father

Grandmother

Sil temach

father's mother

Temael selaech

mother's father

Sil selaech

mother's mother

Child

Yaelweech;
Yaelwiich

Eldest

Mwooal yarmat

the first person

Siblings

Bisbis moa mweangeeang

Brothers and Sisters

Grandchild

L'ooal l'ooach

grandson and granddaughter

Genealogy

Daodooech

Family branches

Life

Mol'oaw

Domestic Geography:

Place (locality)

Bugat

House

Iimw

Imw smeen

concrete house

Imw yaas

thatched house

Mwuluumw

cookhouse

Spal'

canoehouse

Faal'

men's house

Paael

women's house

Home

Imwey

my house

Yard

Mal'mal'

clearing; open space

Cook

Hamad

Giurwar

boil

Siussiul

cook on open fire

Faengfeng

smoked

wuumw

by underground oven

Kkapal'

dried

Oven

Stoof

any type of oven above ground

Cloth

Mwengaaeg

cloth or clothes

Lava lava

Dooer

general term

Hoow

either local material or commercial

Gulliiuch

of banana fiber

Gulfoey

of hibiscus fiber

Loin cloth

Hapal'pal'

 also refers to any type of clothing worn around the waist like the lava lava

Other Terms:

Cave

Ngaat

also used for holes

Sling shot

Pachingko

from Japanese

Rubber

Hooma

from Japanese ?

Note on Pronunciation: This is a brief outline of some of the spelling and pronunciation issues for Ulithian orthography. Its intention is to help readers to better pronounce the many Ulithian words used in this web-site.

• The letters of the consonants are b, ch, d, f, g, h, k, l, l', m, mw, n, ng, p, r, s, t, w and y.

• B is pronounced as bw anywhere it appears, as there is no b as in English "boy" in the Ulithian language, unless it is a borrowed word.

• D is pronounced like th wherever it appears. Ulithians do not have the English sound of d as in "dog," however, they're using the symbol D to represent the th sound.

• Ch is pronounced as ch, unlike the Palauan language where ch represents a sort of glottal stop. There are no glottal stops in the Ulithian language.

• When consonants are doubled, it indicates that the sound in stressed or emphasized.

• Some consonants are already doubled—ch, mw, ng—so when stressing, the symbol in the initial position is doubled. E.g., ch–cch, mw–mmw, ng–nng.

• The consonants g and h, when used at the beginning of a verb, automatically become K.

• When vowels are doubled, it indicates that the sound is held longer.