Mokilese Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 100 entries

ahsenenjet

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwda pope men

sentence why are you here

amwje

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

apid

apid

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

dahr

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

dir armjaj

many people

duhpekla

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

duhpk

starve

eijek limau

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

ipwil

n love

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

ja-

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahrin taktak

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

jakapehl

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

jamin

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

joaloangala

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

johmwehu

sick

juhre

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

kahs

n sweetheart

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

kajapwlakoanaio

yesterday

kamw kele

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kamwinge

feed

kapisla

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kariau

second

kawiliali

verb exchange, to

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

kel

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

keniapu

keniapu

n papaya

koapis in indian

bow

koaroa

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

koauwehla

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koauwehla, sipwang

verb, transitive break

kororo

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

koso

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

kulukluk

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

kumwuspoa

noun fist

lal en Mwoakilloa

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

lal en Pohnpei

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

lalal

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

likinjarkin

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

loadload

sniff

loangin juke

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

lopwlopw likoau

wash clothes

lumkoruk

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

mahn sang

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

majahs

n crab

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

malahria

malaria

maram

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

maraula

thirsty, be

moai

moai

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

moalkoahr

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Mwahmwa, pahpa

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mwakohko

hungry, be

mwindi

sit down

mwioak

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoado, lap

old (person)

mwoluj

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwumw

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

nan jed

noun ocean

nanjed

ocean

ngoah pwili liau poah rijedo

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noai jeripein

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noaisik

have children

noajnoaj

clean

oakihla

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

oawoa

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohla

broken

Padin pil

noun puddle

paj

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

paj

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

paj

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

pal

pal

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

peia

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

peinkapw

young woman

pen

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pi lap

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pij men o

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pij soal jilmen

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pijpij

urinate (piss)

pirej

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

poan sang

wing

pwada

why

pwaklap

pwaklap

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pwehk

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwelmasak

mud

riau

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rohs

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

rohs

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sapda

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sapin woaroa

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

siksik

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

sil

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sipoak

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

uhwoa

noun remain

uju

star

umw

house

umwuj

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

walihjek

eighty

wud

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

wuronna

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

Supported by