Mokilese talking dictionary

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Mokilese

The Mokilese Talking Dictionary currently has 1070 entries, with 727 audio files and 62 images.
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sinak [+]

noun    snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

wehwe [+]

   understand

jounpar [+]

noun    year, age

li [+]

noun    female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

wud [+]

   rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

Soa [+]

noun    leaf

wahsa [+]

   red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pahioa li [+]

   wife

eh [+]

   yes

dopwurpwur [+]

n    parrotfish

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

was wahsa [+]

[ wʌs waːsa ]

noun    red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

koakilej keikei [+]

   black ant (large, stings)

rehnoawe [+]

adv.    today

Speaker: Danio Poll

loadmaj [+]

   kiss

milik in nen dihn [+]

noun    canned milk (store bought)

okojda [+]

verb, transitive    burn

pwukel [+]

n    tip of penis (slang)

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

oakoakla [+]

adj.    being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwumw poa [+]

verb    wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wai [+]

noun    heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

poap [+]

verb    swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mwahmwa/joamoai [+]

noun    father

Speaker: Danio Poll

sihlaboa [+]

   backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sipoak [+]

verb    kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

engengla [+]

   dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

jej [+]

v    to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

sihnmoang [+]

   skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

inoan [+]

[ inɔn jenwʌs ]

n    literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

koalik [+]

   big

kel [+]

noun    cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lal [+]

   word

kia [+]

[ kia ]

n    the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

pirap [+]

verb    steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

ingkarakin nehn moang [+]

   louse, head

lehmwsik [+]

   ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

indoa [+]

verb    come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

peihk [+]

   obey

sorohrpijoang [+]

   separated, be

lehmwsik [+]

noun    show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

oaring [+]

noun    coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

pij jilmenne [+]

   these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

japoang [+]

verb    answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwudongdonglap [+]

n    Kind of jellyfish

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

inimda [+]

verb    to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

inoan mwoakilloa [+]

[ inɔn mʷɔkilɔ ]

n    Mokilese knot

lijaianda [+]

verb    be pregnant

mwahnkapw [+]

   young man

kamwa [+]

pronoun    you (two)

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

rong [+]

verb    hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

johlo [+]

[ t͡ʃoːlo ]

verb    to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

kamjiki [+]

verb    to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pilenau [+]

   saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

marmar [+]

n    traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

kapang, oakoar [+]

   watch (v)

war [+]

noun    canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

uduk [+]

noun    meat

medi [+]

   death

jarau [+]

noun    baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

me [+]

   this

majahs [+]

n    crab

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

kieil [+]

noun    brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leu [+]

verb    cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kawiliali [+]

verb    exchange, to

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

Ingkarakin [+]

   lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

daiou [+]

   which

mehdi [+]

n    death

mehj mehj [+]

   once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

Pwel [+]

noun    mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

asai [+]

pron.    ours

armaj lap [+]

   elder

oawoa [+]

   mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

pijin nehn woallo [+]

   wild boar

wis [+]

noun    banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

oapil [+]

n    goatfish

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

kil [+]

   skin

okoda [+]

verb, intransitive    burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malahsohs [+]

   honey

kapehd [+]

noun    belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mwoad [+]

   fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah johpwa kapang pij a [+]

[ ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa ]

sentence    I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

luj [+]

verb    jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

armaj [+]

   people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sioa [+]

   ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

paijek [+]

num.    forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

irip [+]

noun    fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

pailer [+]

noun    smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

umwpwoar [+]

   twin

johnpwong [+]

noun    moon, month

joaroakli [+]

[ jɔrɔkli ]

n    on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

elmoan [+]

noun    mangrove crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

wijekjek [+]

   wet

pahien noai jermwein [+]

noun    daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

koapwoannok [+]

noun    broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koah johmwehu? [+]

[ kɔː joːmʷeːu ]

sentence    are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

Mwahmwa, pahpa [+]

   father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kijou [+]

verb    run

Speaker: Danio Poll

kak wiawi [+]

adj.    possible

rahn suhkoa [+]

noun    tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

karang [+]

   heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr kharekrek [+]

   Swiss army knife

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).
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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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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