Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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adiroauhn jumwa

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

ai

[aiʔ] noun mine

ajike

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

amak

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

arimajin mwoakil

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

armaj lap

elder

dihdi

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

doakoahdi

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dol

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

eijek

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eijiek eu

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

en mwahmwa mwahmwa

paternal grandfather

en nohno nohno

maternal grandmother

eng

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

ia domwen

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

id

sea snake

ihs

noun east

ikel

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

Ingkarakin

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ingkarakin nehn moang

louse, head

injinjued

sad

jamwrou

noun priest

jeinj

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

jeri

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joaloangala

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

joang

cry

johkak wiawi

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

johkin wiawi

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

johlo

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

joi

joi

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

kadoarihla

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

kalahs

noun smoke

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

Karer

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kel

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kieil in pehn wasaus

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

koapine

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

koasoau

noun cloud

kummwad

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

lal en Mwoakilloa

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

lalal

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

loang

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lokpoa

noun hip

luj

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

luwo

luwo

n bracelet

manman

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

maram

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

masak

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

me

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

mehdi

n death

men

[mɔn] your

menamen

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

mihn joaijoai

sharpening tool

moadoandoal

smooth

moahng

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mojul

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

mum

sweet

Mwahmwa/joamoai

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwajngal

noun intestines

Mwangaj

Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwindi

sit down

mwoado, lap

elderly

nainki

have

nauna

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ngehd

when

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o.

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

o

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

oabihda

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

oaloa

take

oarmoan

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohla

broken

padil

Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

pei

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pen

noun green coconut

piroa

tie

poa

noun forearm

polouwar

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

prin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

prin

will be

pweipwei

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwidengi

heat (v)

pwo

noun fishing pole

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

pwoaren paip

noun cave

pwok

hole

raphaphki

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

sapda

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saud

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

si

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

soahsiksik

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sorohrpijoang

separated, be

sosok

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

sowi

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

umwuj

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wai

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

was

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wijah kije

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

woj

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

wonou

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

wou

noun dog bark

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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