EnglishThe Mokilese Talking Dictionary currently has 1070 entries, with 727 audio files and 62 images.
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sinak
noun snake
understand
jounpar
noun year, age
li
noun female (person), woman
wud
rain
Soa
noun leaf
wahsa
red
wife
yes
n parrotfish
was wahsa
[ wʌs waːsa ]
noun red coral
black ant (large, stings)
rehnoawe
adv. today
kiss
noun canned milk (store bought)
verb, transitive burn
n tip of penis (slang)
adj. being hidden
amwumw poa
verb wash hands
wai
noun heavy breadfruit tree
poap
verb swim
Mwahmwa/joamoai
noun father
sihlaboa
backbone
sipoak
verb kick
engengla
dried
v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)
sihnmoang
skull
[ inɔn jenwʌs ]
n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe
big
kel
noun cage
word
kia
[ kia ]
n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger
pirap
verb steal
louse, head
ostentatious person
indoa
verb come
obey
separated, be
lehmwsik
noun show-off
oaring
noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk
pij jilmenne
these three pigs
japoang
verb answer
n Kind of jellyfish
inimda
verb to cook
[ inɔn mʷɔkilɔ ]
n Mokilese knot
verb be pregnant
young man
pronoun you (two)
rong
verb hear
johlo
[ t͡ʃoːlo ]
verb to catch a tuna
kamjiki
verb to frighten
pilenau
saliva
marmar
n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves
watch (v)
war
noun canoe
uduk
noun meat
death
jarau
noun baracuda
this
n crab
kieil
noun brown lizard
leu
verb cooked
verb exchange, to
lice (human lice)
which
n death
mehj mehj
once upon a time
Pwel
noun mud
asai
pron. ours
elder
oawoa
mouth
wild boar
wis
noun banana
n goatfish
kil
skin
okoda
verb, intransitive burn
honey
kapehd
noun belly
mwoad
fat (size)
ngoah johpwa kapang pij a
[ ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa ]
sentence I did not see the pig
luj
verb jump
armaj
people
sioa
ear
paijek
num. forty
irip
noun fan
pailer
noun smaller striped
twin
johnpwong
noun moon, month
joaroakli
[ jɔrɔkli ]
n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail
elmoan
noun mangrove crab
Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
wet
pahien noai jermwein
noun daughter-in-law
koapwoannok
noun broom
koah johmwehu?
[ kɔː joːmʷeːu ]
sentence are you sick?
Mwahmwa, pahpa
father
kijou
verb run
adj. possible
rahn suhkoa
noun tree branch
heat (v)
Swiss army knife
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).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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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
There are currently 1070 entries, 727 audio files, and 62 images.
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).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
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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