Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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amwumw poa

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

aproa

shoulder

doakoahdi

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

doaroahla, kapisla

save

dol

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

duhdu pisen moang

wash hair

eni

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

eu

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

id

sea snake

inimda

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ipong

vi to force

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

irop

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

jahrin dakdak

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

jasoangsoang

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

jeljel

gonorrhea

jiloa

jiloa

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

joal in koapis in indian

bowstring

joangda

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

joarom

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

johjo

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

john mwoaswel

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

jok

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

jukren mau

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

jumwa

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

kaengeng, pangal

verb dry

kajapwlakoanaio

yesterday

kalahs

noun smoke

Karer

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kariau

second

kawiliali

verb exchange, to

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

keniapu

keniapu

n papaya

kidal

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

kieil in pehn wasaus

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

kioak

n spine foot (fish)

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

koalik

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

koapwoapwoa

rich

krokadail

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

leme

think

li

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

ling

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lipehn soahni

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

loangin juke

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

majipwehkda

scared

majkun

blind

moai pa

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

moang

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mwahmwa, pahpa

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mwaj pwilpwil

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwakohko

hungry, be

mwangaj

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwehu majo

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

nainki jeri

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

nanjed

ocean

Nen Woalo

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngohi pij soal jilmen

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nimen

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

no boilda

boiled

noasik

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

oa doapoa

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

oarmoan

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohroj

every

Padin pil

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahiao woal

husband

pajda

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pangpangla

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

par, amak

hammock

paspas

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

pen pwulopwul

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pij o kaujla nen woal o

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pilenau

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

pirejrej

dirty

pirij

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

piroa

tie

prin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

putangla

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwideng

hot

pwoahd

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwong

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwu

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwudo

sweat

riaoai jeripein

sister

rioai jerpein koalik

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

rohs

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

saosuwa

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

sap

first

saud

n party (celebration)

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

saud

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

sehpil

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

siksik

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

soaksoak

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

soapwoahd

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

soasoak

soasoak

noun gecko

wahu

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

was

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wehwe

understand

wilikda

lift open

woal o me khdoam ngoahi pij o

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

woaroa

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

wos

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

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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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