Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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adirou

noun egg

ajike

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

al

trail

amwda pope men

sentence why are you here

amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

apwali

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armaj

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

armaj pwiaia

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

dam

dam

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

dapoar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

doapwoa

verb jerk

eh

yes

emen

other

en mwahmwa mwahmwa

paternal grandfather

ira koaroj

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

irop

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

jahrin taktak

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

jaihsnaip

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jarip

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasoangsoang

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeri

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

joamwoas

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

joarom

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

johjo

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

johkak wiawi/johkin wiawi

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

johmwehuinwai

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

john mwoaswel

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

johnpwong

noun moon, month

jumwa

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

kahlek

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

kak wiawi

adj. possible

kapang, widahli

see

keniapu

keniapu

n papaya

kijesik

mouse

kiliej

kiliej

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kioak

n spine foot (fish)

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

koaklej

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

koapwoapwoa

rich

kodlaij

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

kohd

tusk

kojukdi

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

kopkop

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

loa

loa

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

majkun

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malahsohs

honey

mehlel

true

moalonglong

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwahmwa koalik

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mwaj

worm

mwaj pwilpwil

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwakohko

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwani

noun money

mwarmwaroa

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mwumw

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

nambwo

nambwo

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

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

ngohi pij soal jilmen

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nim

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

oai prien

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

oakla

hide

oakoakila

hidden

oaloa

take

oamw

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

oarmoane

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

onop

verb prepare

paip

noun pipe

paj

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

pajda

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Pehri

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

peneinei

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

pij jiluhmen

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pij soal jilmen

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pisjang

verb escape

pongpong

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

prien

friend

putangla

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Pwel

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pwideng

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwo

noun smell

pwoaren paip

noun cave

pwudong

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

rahn suhkoa

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

renke

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

riaoai jeripein

sister

saosuwa

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

si

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sikei

adj. powerful

soakoaloan e

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

uhda

raise

ujuh

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

wal moado

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

waringara

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

was wahsa

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wihk lakapw

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wilikda

lift open

woal

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wou

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

wuronna

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

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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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