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ULITHIAN

NOTES

Sacred Geography:

   

Sacred

Ye tab

 

Sacred Sites:

Loebooes kae ye tab

 

Altar

Al'taar

 

Daeyif

stone platform

Temple

Templiium

 

Shrine

Faengel yaelius

 

Dance

Baeroeg

 

Dance School

Mel'aal'

 

Dance Instructor

Temeeachi

 

Chant

Hammaengoel

 

Drum

Taayko

 

Pray

Meeapel

 

Priest

Paaedre

 

God

Yaelius

ghost

Deewus

Lord; God

Soul

Ngooel

 

Ghost

Yaelius

 

Corpse

Poeroeg

 
     

Onwards

   

Poor

Haffohoay

 

Rich, Wealthy

Mmwal'

 

Work

Yengaaeng

 

Hardworking

Toa yengaaeng

 

Lazy

Tehaayreg

 

Job

Yengaaeng

 

Caretaker

Re metmat

 

Skillful

Sall'ap

 

Limchig

 

Cooperation

Dep seew

 

Tipngi fengalliigich

help each other

To Succeed

Ye mmwal' ngali

 

Sa hamall'o

 

To begin again

Tefaael ngali

to repeat

 

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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