Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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adiroauhn jumwa

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

ai

[aiʔ] noun mine

aka

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

angkoa

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

apwkanne

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

darwak

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

dehparau

n surgeon fish

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

doahk

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

doar

then

dopwurpwur

n parrotfish

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

eh, ngoah johmwehu

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eijek

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eijek pahu

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

ingkarak in mahn

flea

Ingkarakin armaj

lice, body

insahdi

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr siksik

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jakaula

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

jarau

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

jihsnaip

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jinoak

push

joapoa

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kamw kele

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kamwinge

feed

karang

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Karer

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kehu

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

kieil

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kijesik

mouse

kipla

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

koakilej wahssa

red ant

koalik

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

koandoau

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

koapis

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koapwoapwoa

rich

li moado

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

lioas

mad

loang

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lopkoa

waist

luj

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

lumkoruk

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

luwo

luwo

n bracelet

majewehka

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

malahsohs

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

malau

adj. happy

maram

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

meleisik

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

men a war ewar

sentence I have a canoe

mijoa

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

moang

noun head

mum

sweet

Mwahmwa/joamoai

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwaoroan pwirej

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mwehu

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoakidkid

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nauna majo

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o.

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nimen munge

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

oai

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

oakihla

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

oawoa

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohla

broken

ohroj

every

Padin pil

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

paijek

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

pajda

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pal

pal

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

pali

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

par, amak

hammock

pehnpoa

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pijin nehn woallo

wild boar

pilda

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pisenmoang

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

ples

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

poak

defecate (shit)

pongpong

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

prien

friend

pwedin pirap

thief

pwenhg ngoah

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pwideng

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwije

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwije

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwoas

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

rien pahioa jermwein

brother in law

rioai jermwein koalik

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

roairoai

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

shis

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sipoak

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sipwel

sipwel

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

soaksoak

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

umw

house

umwoaj

hut

uruhr

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

wiada

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wijekjek

wet

winen mahn

feather

wou

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

wud moadoak

hail

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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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