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daiou
which
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en pahioai nohno
mother-in-law
bookmarkidang
verb press
bookmarkinjinjued
sad
bookmarkjabjab
machete
bookmarkjahrin dakdak
knife to take out meat of coconut
bookmarkjengjeng
n skipjack (fish)
bookmarkjohpwa, johkin
never
bookmarkkang
noun eat
bookmarkkapang, widahli
see
bookmarkkariau
second
bookmarkkasoa
throw
bookmarkkeimwoas
vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)
bookmarkkioak
n spine foot (fish)
bookmarkkoarda pilenau
salivate
bookmarkkoauwehla, sipwang
verb, transitive break
bookmarklioas
mad
bookmarkmajkun
blind
bookmarkmalahsohs
honey
bookmarkmehjeni jerimwein
eldest brother
bookmarkmijenloang nauna
it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)
bookmarkmin pein
female
bookmarkmwahnkapw
young man
bookmarkngoah pirin inla moa lakapw
ngoah poahl pidi sukhoa jiloa
Pajin mahn
noun nest
bookmarkpar, amak
hammock
bookmarkpohp
noun clown triggerfish
Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkpwudongdonglap
n Kind of jellyfish
bookmarkrimaddi
v to fall on one’s backside (slang)
bookmarksahlaplap
adj. wide
bookmarksang, jok
fly (v)
bookmarksas
verb, intransitive To be in death agony
bookmarksaud
n party (celebration)
bookmarkwijahn koaujoan
village
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Anderson, Gregory D.S., Danio Poll, Jason Lebehn, Monique Panaligan and K. David Harrison. 2014.
Mokilese Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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