Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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amak

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

apwkanwa

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

areloang

areloang

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

duhpi

wash someone

duhpk

starve

dupukda

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

emen

other

en mwahmwa nohno

paternal grandmother

engeng

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

eu

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ia

where

ilare

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ingkarak in mahn

flea

inla

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

inminjoang

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

iopwou

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

jailloi

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeljel

gonorrhea

jerimwein o doauda in suhkoa

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

jinoak

push

johmwehuda

ill, become

joi

joi

noun puffer fish

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Speaker: Danio Poll

joun wini, joun wineini

shaman

kajiluh

third

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kamjiki

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

kapehd

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kidal pene ara

they know each other

kieil

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kieil in pehn wasaus

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

kijesik winan

rat

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

kilin suhkoa

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

kohl

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

kumwuspoa

noun fist

kuruj

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

lakapw

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

lal en Pohnpei

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

lam

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

lehmwsik

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

leu

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

li o nikihjang pumpo woal o

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

limoau

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

liohdi

widow

loadload

sniff

loang

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

majahs

n crab

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

mehdi

n death

milik in dihdi

noun breastmilk

milik in munge

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

min pein

female

Mo

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

moaun

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mwahmwa/joamoai

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwaj pwilpwil

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwakoko

hungry

mwingehn minjoang

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwuhr injauwaj

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

nangjaou

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

nennen

silent

ngoah inla o aio

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah pirin inla moa

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

Ni

noun coconut tree

noaski

sell

oabihda

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

oapi

pull in

oawoa

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahiao

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

pajin loangin juke

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

par, amak

hammock

paspas

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

pehrok

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

pei

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pekendihdi jeripein

youngest sister

pij jiluhmenne

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pisla

freed, be

poa

noun forearm

puk

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pwelmasak

mud

pwoahd

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwudo

sweat

pwukel

n tip of penis (slang)

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

pwun

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

rahnmwahui

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

rehnoauwe

today

rik

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

ringoingoi, minipnip

adj. thin

rioai jermwein/woal

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rokumw

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

saki

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sapda

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sapin woaroa

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

siksik

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

sioa

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

Soa

noun leaf

uk

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wanihm

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wijekjek

wet

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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