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| ENGLISH |
ULITHIAN |
NOTES |
| Arrive: |
Sa buudoh |
Have arrived |
| Sa ser |
Have reached the place |
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| Buudohol |
Its, his, her arrival |
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| Island |
Fiuliu; |
—Southern dialect; |
| Earth |
Faaeyleng |
planet |
| Tal'op |
world |
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| Sea |
Taaed |
salt water |
| Sky |
Laaeng |
also term for heaven |
| l'al laaeng |
in the sky |
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| Stars |
Fiis |
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| Horizon |
Peegilleng |
the edge of the universe |
| Directions: |
Sooelboes moa; Sooelboes |
"each place" |
| Igae |
Here (where the speaker is at) |
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| Igl'a |
There (where the listener is) |
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| Igl'aay |
Far from listener and speaker |
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| North |
Ifaeng |
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| South |
Iyooer |
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| East |
Meterraael |
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| West |
Meealdew; |
—Southern dialect; |
| To Navigate: |
Be teraeg |
to sail |
| Navigator |
Paeliu; |
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| Paddle |
Faedoel |
Also the term for grass or lawn |
| Canoe |
Wa |
Also term for vehicle or vessel |
| The Sail |
Yiu |
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| Crew |
Seel'a |
Sailor |
| Bow and Stern |
Imwoa moa Imwir |
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| Travel |
Tettraeg |
To sail around |
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| How are you? |
Hosa heeatfae? |
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| What is your name? |
Ifae idemw? |
"Where is your name" ("where" refers to what place you get your name from) |
| Come and have something to eat. |
Buudoh hobe mongoay. |
This phrase is used instead of the word "Welcome" |
| Welcome |
Buudoh hobe mongoay. |
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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.
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