TABLE 1-2. ADDITIONAL NATIVE NAMES FROM THE LITERATURE
HINES,
1962
DABY
EDNA
FLORA
GENE
JANET
KATE
SALLY
PACIFIC ISLANDS
YEAR BOOK, 1972
NVO-140,
1973, p. 492
OTHERS
Cochiti
Sanildefonso
Eluklab
Dredrelbwij
Muzin
VERA
YVONNE
Muzinbaaiku
Ruunitto
BRUCE
REX
FRED
KEITH
TOBIN,
19678
Browne
Jeroru
Aaranbiru
Arthur LD
Aoman‘, Aranit
Aniyaani
Giriinian
Brown
8Doctoral Dissertation
DBryan, 1971
CApplied Fisheries Laboratory, University of Washington
During the period 1963-73, new orthographies were developed by the Pacifie and Asian Language
Institute at the University of Hawaii. American linguists were sent to each district to work with a
committee of local people to develop acceptable letter forms for each sound. Anomalies of
pronunciation are generally solved in the orthographies by adding extra letters and syllables. For
example, an old text was entitled "Pilung Nu Maday" using the system developed by early
missionaries; in the new system it was "PIILUUNG NUU MADAAY." Island leaders did not like the
new orthographies which made everything look strange and unusual, so they agreed to drop the double
vowels ii, ee, ea, ae, uu, 00, oe, and aa. (Nevin, 1977.)
it is difficult to trace the exact effect of the developing orthographies on the spelling of island names
at Enewetak because of other influences. Pronunciation and spelling of place names were affected
first by the hard sounds of the German language, then by the r/l differences of the Japanese
language. Removing the effects of outside influences to arrive at the pronunciation and spelling
preferred by the people of Enewetak produces some drastic changes as shown in Table i-l.
changes have become generally accepted since distribution of NVO-140 in 1974.
These
The site names listed in Table 1-1 were assigned during the atomic testing period, except for the
“daughter" islets which were named during the 1972-73 survey or 1977-80 cleanup. Assigned names
start with Alice, at about 11] o'clock on the roughly circular atoll, and proceed through the alphabet
going clockwise. Letters not used in the female names include Q, X, and Z.* Island Percy, located
between islands Lucy and Mary, must have been given a site name later than the other northern
islands. Principal sites in the southern portion were assigned male names from Alvin through Oscar,
then Rex through Walt.
However, these sites were not named in a straightforward, clockwise order.
Throughout this report, islands and islets will be referenced by English site name only.
Three
exceptions to this rule are noted: Enewetak will be called Enewetak, not Fred; the Aomon Crypt will
be called the Aomon Crypt, not the Sally Crypt; and, in Chapter 7, the first reference to each island
name will include the native name in parentheses spelled according to Tobin, 1973. From this point
forward, the spelling of the atoll name will be Enewetak unless the name appears in a quotation, in
which case the source spelling will be followed.
*The letter Z was assigned to Zona, a small islet southeast of Yvonne, which is no longer there.