Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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amwda pope men

sentence why are you here

anahne

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arimajin mwoakil

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

armaj

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

darwak

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

dildo

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

doaki

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

duhdu pisen moang

wash hair

en pahioai nohno

mother-in-law

engngeng

dry

ingkarak

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

ingkarakin nehn moang

louse, head

inmijoang pwong

noun dawn

ira koaroj

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

irop

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

jailloi

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

japan

kind

japan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

jerimwein

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

jileu

n bluefin tuna

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

joal in koapis in indian

bowstring

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

joan jilu

joan jilu

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

joarom

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

johmwehuda

ill, become

juhre

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

kahs

n steel drum

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

kajapwlakoan aio

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

kapirda

twist open

kapisla

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kieil

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kilin suhkoa

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

koahmwi

comb (v)

koahmwihdi

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koaklej

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

koalik

big

koalo

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

kornihda

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

lau

tongue

ling

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lipahruru

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

loadmaj

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mahma

yawn

mahn sang

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

mehj mehj

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

meleisik

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

merin war

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

mijoa

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

milik in dihdi

noun breastmilk

minipnip

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

moai

moai

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

mwoaroan soah suhko

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

nangjaou

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah johpwa inla moa aio

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah johpwa pirin kioang pij o poah

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

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

ngoas

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

Ni

noun coconut tree

noai jerimwein

son

noaisik

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

oakihla

hidden, be

oarop

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ohla

broken

Padin pil

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahiao woal

husband

palwar mehdi

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

parai

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pehnpoa

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

Pehri

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

pen

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pij soal jiluhmenne nai

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pirej

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

poa

arm

pwideng

hot

pwirejrej

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwo

noun smell

pwok

hole

rahurahu

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rehn

noun day

rioai jerpein koalik

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

rokumw

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

sang

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sihnaproa

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

siksik

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sil

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sinak

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

sipwel

sipwel

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

Soa

noun leaf

soaksoak

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

soasoak

soasoak

noun gecko

umwuj

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

umwuj

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

up

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

upwuhpw

blue

wahsa

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

warer

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wehwe

understand

wihk lakapw

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wos

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

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Dictionary produced by Danio Poll, Jason Lebehn, Monique Panaligan, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
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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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