Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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areloang

areloang

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

dapoar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diroam

drum

doapwoa

verb jerk

dueijek

ninety

emen aramas

other person

en mwahmwa mwahmwa

paternal grandfather

epwiki

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

inminjong

in morning

inoai

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

inoan pwij

inoan pwij

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

irip

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

ja-

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahrin taktak

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

japan, kadek

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasihkela

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

jehkahs

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

jehpwili

verb remain

jeinj

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

jeprir

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeri siksik

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

jerimwein o doauda in suhkoa

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

jihsnaip

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jiluh

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

joah loakloakoa

be quiet

joamwoahmwoa

verb to be poor

joapoa

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

juhre

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

kalahs

noun smoke

kapahu

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

kidal pene ara

they know each other

kijesik

mouse

kip

fall

kirip

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

koaklej

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

koapine

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

koapwoapwoa

rich

koawoa

pronoun you (singular)

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

kojukdi

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

kouda

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

kupwa

adj. very poor

lehmwsik

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

leklek

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leu

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

li moado

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

limepwiki

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

madau

noun ocean area very far from reef

mahma

yawn

maj

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

majmaj

n spear for fishing

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

mehdi

n death

mehj mehj

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mijik

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

milik in nen dihn

noun canned milk (store bought)

min doapoa

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwaj pwilpwil

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwein

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoado, lap

elderly

ngoah poahl pidi sukhoa jiloa

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nidin poang

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noahd

noun north

o

there

oakihla

hidden, be

okojda

verb, transitive burn

padil

Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

Padin pil

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

paj

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

Pajin mahn

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pen

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pen pwulopwul

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pij jiluhmen

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pij soal jiluhmen

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pirap

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

poakadi

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

poan sang

wing

pw

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwideng

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwoalkoa

noun foot

pwok

hole

pwukoa

noun knee

rein mwahmwa li

paternal aunt

rik

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

rioai woal

brother

sang

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sang, jok

fly (v)

sehpil

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

si

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sikei

adj. powerful

uju

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

ujuh

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

umw

house

umwoaihs

verb play

uruhr

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

wahsa

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wai

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

waihak

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wanihm

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waringara

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wis

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

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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