Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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doaroahla, kapisla

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dopwurpwur

n parrotfish

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

imwinsihsi

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

jabjab

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahrin dakdak

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

japjap

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasoangsoang

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeri siksik

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joaroak

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

johkin wiawi

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

kaengeng, pangal

verb dry

kapang, oakoar

watch (v)

kapwidwid

kapwidwid

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

kawiliali

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

keinin ere

keinin ere

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

kenenmel

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

kikinpoa

noun fingernail

koapwoapwoa

rich

koasoau jaldu

koasoau jaldu

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

kopkop

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

kopkopda

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

majmaj

spear

manman

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mwakohko

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoaroan soah suhko

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwosmwos

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah jehpirin inla moa lakapw

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah pirin inla moa lakapw

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah pwili liau poah rijedo

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngorngor

snore

oakoakla

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

paspas

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

pekendihdi jerimwein

youngest brother

pen pwulopwul

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pijengjeng

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

pijpij

urinate (piss)

pirejrej

dirty

pwirejrej

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwudongdonglap

n Kind of jellyfish

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

rahurahu

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

repiakiak

repiakiak

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

ringoaingoai

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

rongrong

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sapin woaroa

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sihlanglang

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

sosok

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wejekjekda

wet, become

woaroa

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

wud moadoak

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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All content copyright © Mokilese community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Danio Poll, Jason Lebehn, Monique Panaligan, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
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how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Danio Poll, Jason Lebehn, Monique Panaligan and K. David Harrison. 2014. Mokilese Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/mokilese

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