Sample Words and Phrases
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- o'ow - man
- hamut - woman
- tu'i hiapsek - kind (lit. "good hearted")
- halla'i - friend
- maaso - deer
- aamu - to hunt
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- aman ne tevote em yevihnewi - "I extend my greetings"
Greetings often are very formal. The following formula of four phrases is often used even among close friends:
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- Lios em chania - "Greetings!" (to one person, to more than one: Lios em chaniavu) (lit. "God preserves you!", Lios is a very early borrowing of the Spanish "Dios")
- Lios em chiokoe - (the reply to the above, lit. "God pardons you!")
- Empo allea - "May you rejoice!" (lit. "In you happy", 'allea' is said to be from the Spanish 'alegre', meaning 'happy')
- Kettu'i - "How kind!"
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