Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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adiroauhn jumwa

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

andip

spit (v)

apwkanwa

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

dilla

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

duhpekla

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

dupuk

pay

eh

yes

engngeng

dry

erep

erep

noun fan

ingkarak

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

inje papa

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

inoan mwoakilloa

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

jabjab

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr siksik

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jandin e

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

jandin e

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

japjap

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

jehpwili

verb remain

jej

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

jeljel

gonorrhea

jileu

n bluefin tuna

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

joah

no

joalin koapis

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joaroak

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

jok

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

kahs

n sweetheart

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

kamjiki

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

kamw kele

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kapang, oakoar

watch (v)

kapangda

find

kapi

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kapw

new

kidal

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

kieil

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kihdi

put

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

koadkoan umw

roof

koakilej wahssa

red ant

koapinpoa

noun elbow

kodlaij

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

krokadail

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

kulul

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lakapw

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

lal

word

lal en Pohnpei

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

loadmaj

kiss

majmaj

spear

malahsohs

honey

medi

death

mehjeni li

eldest sister

men

[mɔn] your

mijen war

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

min pein

female

moaun

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mwahmwa, pahpa

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mwehu majo

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

mweuhki

verb want

mwoado, lap

old (person)

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nim

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noai jerimwein

son

noajnoaj

clean

oarmoan

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohla

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ohla

broken

ohnmwahnloang

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

pailer

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

pekendihdi jeripein

youngest sister

pijin nehn woallo

wild boar

piju mene kalik

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pik

sand

pirejrej

dirty

pirij

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

pisenmoang

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

poa

noun forearm

poad

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

pohneje

recognize

pongpong

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwehk

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwideng

hot

pwo

noun smell

pwu

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwudo

sweat

pwudong

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

rajak mwein

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

rien nohno lih

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rien nohno woal

noun maternal uncle

risingda

pull open

rohs

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

si

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sihkei

strong

Soa

noun leaf

sohn kaul

singer

ujuh

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

umw

house

umwoaihs

verb play

wahu

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wanihm

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

was

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wehwe

understand

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All content copyright © Mokilese community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Danio Poll, Jason Lebehn, Monique Panaligan, Sarah Babinski, Lewis Esposito, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013-2015).
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: Harrison, K. David; Anderson, Gregory D.S.; Poll, Danio; Lebehn, Jason; Panaligan, Monique; Esposito, Lewis; Babinski, Sarah. 2014-2015. Mokilese-English Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/mokilese

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