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ENGLISH |
ULITHIAN |
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Change: |
Sa wel; |
--a happening |
Move, Movement |
Mwagudgud |
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History |
Kofel chaepdohol' |
--about its origin |
Travel |
Way |
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Sightseeing |
Yeesfaeliu |
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Visitor |
Choaweldoh |
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Horse |
Wooas |
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Ride Horseback |
Daegdegel wooas |
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Cattle |
Karbow |
--from "carabao" |
To work with cattle |
Chooal hammongooal karbow |
--one who feeds cattle |
Earthquake |
Fal'mwar, Fal'mwoar |
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Tsunami |
L'ooadaer |
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War |
Fedeg |
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Survival |
Mele sibe mol'oaw iyang |
--what we will live on |
Money |
Sal'piy |
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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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