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adirou
noun egg
bookmarkdokange
n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)
bookmarkemen aramas
other person
bookmarkinoan
[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe
bookmarkjahrin dakdak
knife to take out meat of coconut
bookmarkjapan
kind
bookmarkjilijek
thirty
bookmarkjirhak
vi To spread legs (vulgar)
bookmarkkijesik
mouse
bookmarkkioak
n spine foot (fish)
bookmarkkoalik
big
bookmarkkoauwehla, sipwang
verb, transitive break
bookmarkkojukdi
killed, be
bookmarkkudlaij
sword
bookmarkli o nikihjang pumpo woal o
loadload
sniff
bookmarkloahn joahmwur
majmaj
n spear for fishing
bookmarkmihn joaijoai
sharpening tool
bookmarkmijenloang nauna
it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)
bookmarkmin mwein, woal
male
bookmarkmin pein
female
bookmarkmum
sweet
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par, amak
hammock
bookmarkpekendihdi jerimwein
youngest brother
bookmarkpoak
defecate (shit)
bookmarkpohp
noun clown triggerfish
Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkprin
will be
bookmarkpwoarla
v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)
bookmarkpwul
young
bookmarksikesik, inoang
story
bookmarkumwpwoar
twin
bookmarkwijekjek
wet
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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.
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