Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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ah

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

alu

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

amwje

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

darwak

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

dikol

n lump

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

dildo

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

doaroahla, kapisla

save

dohkang e

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

duhpek

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

e

noun leg

elmoan

elmoan

noun mangrove crab

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

emen

other

en mwahmwa nohno

paternal grandmother

eni

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

immas

ripe

inoau

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

insahdi

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ipong

vi to force

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

jabjab

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jadahr

slow

jahr kharekrek

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

japjap

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jarip

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasihkela

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeia

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

jeljel

gonorrhea

jeri siksik

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joah pemoahi

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

johkin wiawi

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

johnpwong

noun moon, month

kajak pein

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

kamwa

pronoun you (two)

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

Kamwai, kimwi

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

kapang, widahli

see

kapin

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kasoa

throw

kawiliali

verb exchange, to

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

kioak

n spine foot (fish)

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

kopou

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

lehmwsik

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

li moado

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

limepwiki

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

loang

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

majpwehkda

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malahsohs

honey

malahsohs

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

merin war

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

mijik

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

mijikda

frighten

milik in nen dihn

noun canned milk (store bought)

mwahliel

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwahnkapw

young man

mwuhr injauwaj

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

nauna majo

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

Nen Woalo

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noajnoaj

clean

noasikdi, koapoaiddi

born, be

oakla

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

oarmoan

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohla

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Pajin mahn

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

peia

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pij men o

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

Pillap

river

pirij

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

ples

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

poa

arm

poakadi

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwada

why

pwehk

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwoalkoa

noun foot

pwok

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwudong

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

rajak mwein

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

rehn ohroj

every day

rehno mwohn kajapwlakoanaio

day before yesterday

rien nohno woal

noun maternal uncle

risingda

pull open

roairoai

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saki

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sang

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sapin

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

saud

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

si

hear

sinoh

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sioa

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

soakoaloan e

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

soasoak

soasoak

noun gecko

sowi

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

uk

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

umwoaj

hut

warahki

pull

was wahsa

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wehs

west

wis

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

woal o pirin kihdoam ngoahi pijo

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

woaroa

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

wud

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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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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