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dikoldikol
adj lumpy
bookmarkdiroam
drum
bookmarkeh
yes
bookmarken nohno mwahmwa
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkia
where
bookmarkid
sea snake
bookmarkinoan
[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe
bookmarkjamwrou
noun priest
bookmarkjehpwili
verb remain
bookmarkjimwin rehl
johpwa, johkin
never
bookmarkjoi
Kamwai, kimwi
pronoun you (plural remote)
bookmarkkidepw
vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed
bookmarkkoapis in indian
bow
bookmarkkoarda pilenau
salivate
bookmarklehmwsik
ostentatious person
bookmarkmajmaj
spear
bookmarkmarmar
n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves
bookmarkmehjeni jerimwein
eldest brother
bookmarkmilik in nen dihn
noun canned milk (store bought)
bookmarkMwangaj
ngoah pirin inla moa lakapw
no boilda
boiled
bookmarkoakoakila
hidden
bookmarkohroj
every
bookmarkpar, amak
hammock
bookmarkpij o jen nehn woal o
pohp
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
bookmarkpon
virgin
bookmarkpwij
rehno mworin lakap
day after tomorrow
bookmarksorohrpijoang
separated, be
bookmarkupwuhpw
blue
bookmarkwahn pwij
wei
turtle
bookmarkwijahn koaujoan
village
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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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