Landscape Features:

Mountain

Taeyit

Hill

Taegiitaat

Cliff

Metael hooahyaael

Valley

L'al l'owaay

Road

Yall'ap

The Environment:

Rock

Faaes;
Porow

small size;
big size

Lava

Uwaael

Tree

Irea

Leaf

Yiul irea

Fruit

Uwaael irea

fruit in general

Uwaal'

a fruit in particular

Mmach

yellow or red fruit

Masow

mature fruit

Ba

spoiled fruit

Wind

Yaengfilfil

breeze

Yaegdiidi

windy

Yaengel maelmoel

typhoon wind

Yaengefaeng

northerly

Yaengeldow

westerly

Yaengiyooer

southerly

Yaenghoodi

easterly

Yaengelgereeal

whirlwind

Yaedebsow

tornado

Typhoon

Maelmoel

typhoon

Mwoor

stormy

Rain

Yiiud; Ppoetaog

rain (in general)

Haromwromw

sprinkle

Ssongraaeg

pouring

Water

Chaael

water (in general)

Chael ppoetaog

rain water

Chael tottoal'

ground water (brackish)

Taaed

saltwater

Agriculture:

To farm

Melaaey

to farm; a farm; a garden

Digging stick

Hodpaarang

with a metal blade

Hodhaangi

stick of ironwood

Taro

Bulah

swamp taro

Felea

wild taro

Yood

dry-land taro

Sweet potato

Koemooeti

Yam

Tooeg; Taael

Seep

wild yam

Yaaer

finger yam

Coconut

Liu

tree; nut

Cho

mature nut; copra

Banana

Yiiuch;
Wuuch

tree and fruit;
dialectical variation

Sugar cane

Maekkil

all types

Betel nut

Bbuw

tree and nut

Habiy

betel pepper

Beech

lime

Fichfich

to chew betel nut

Pandanus

Maaeng;
Faach

cultivated variety;
wild variety

Rice

Praaes

Shrimp

Hanaf

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.