Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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al

trail

alij

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

amak

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

apkas

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armaj lap

elder

armaj pwiaia

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

da koah oa la?

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

daiou

which

doapwoa

verb jerk

duhpek

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

dupuk

pay

e

noun leg

eu

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

id

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

id

sea snake

idang

verb press

idoak

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ihloa

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

Ingkarakin armaj

lice, body

inmijoang pwong

noun dawn

ipwil

n love

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

irip

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasoangsoang

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeuweje

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

jileu

n bluefin tuna

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

joah kijou

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

johkak wiawi/johkin wiawi

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kamw kele

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Kamwai, kimwi

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

kapang, widahli

see

kapangda

find

karang

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kieil

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kihl

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

kikinpoa

noun fingernail

kil

skin

koah johmwehu?

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

kopkop

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

krokadail

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

kudlaij

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

lal

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

leklek

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lidop

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

liohdi

widow

marmar

marmar

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

masak

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

me

this

moai pa

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

mwingehn minjoang

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoaroan soah

green

mwuhr injauwaj

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

nen lih o pijo

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah na kioang pij o woal o

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngohi pij soal jilmen

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

no

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noai jerimwein

son

o

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

oai mwah

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

oamw

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

oarmoan

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahiao

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahu

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

paj

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pangal

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pei

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

peinkapw

young woman

pij

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pij soal

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pik

sand

pirap

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

pirejrej

dirty

piroa

tie

pwa

say

Pwel

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pwideng

hot

pwok

hole

pwudo

sweat

pwuhl mwuhn

noun full moon

rehnoauwe

today

renke

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

riau

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rik

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

rioai jermwein/woal

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rong

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

sapin woaroa

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sihlanglang

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

sil

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sinoh

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

soahsiksik

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

soapwoahd

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

soasoak

soasoak

noun gecko

sohn kaul

singer

sohn loakijid

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

uju

star

umwoaihs

verb play

umwuj

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

wilikda

lift open

wis

noun banana

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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