Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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amak

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

aproa

shoulder

apwali

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arimaj da mahrjil

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

armaj

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

daike

tiger

daonke

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dihdi

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

dikoldikol

adj lumpy

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

doar

then

eu

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ih

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ijipwiki

seven hundred

indoa

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ingkarak

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

injauwaj

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

inmijoang pwong

noun dawn

inpwong

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

insa

bleed

insahdi

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

jan lidip

trap (v)

jeljel

gonorrhea

jerimwein

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

jeuweje

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

jimw

jimw

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

joah kijou

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

joaloangala

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

joi

joi

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

jumwa

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

jupwranahi

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kajiluh

third

kak wiawi

adj. possible

kalahpwuk

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kapehd

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Karer

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kil

skin

kilin suhkoa

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koakilej

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

koaklej

Photo by David Harrison, 2015

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

koalik

big

koandau

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

koapwoapwoa

rich

koauwehla, sipwang

verb, transitive break

kodlaij

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

kohd

tusk

kojuk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

kudlaij

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

lal en Pohnpei

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

limeijek

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

lipehn soahni

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

luj

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

mah

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

mahma

yawn

majewehka

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

majmaj

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

majmaj

spear

manman

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mehdi

n death

milik in nen dihn

noun canned milk (store bought)

mwahliel

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwani

noun money

mwehu majo

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

Nen Woalo

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah dupukda pwei pwei o aio.

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nohno koalik

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

oaring

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

paiennoai jerpein

son-in-law

paj

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

pangal

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pehnpoa

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pehrok

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

pei

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pi lap

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pij soal jilmen

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pirap

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

poad

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwa

say

pwoas

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

pwok

hole

pwuhn

n batfish

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

pwukel

n tip of penis (slang)

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

rien nohno lih

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rioai jermwein/woal

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roairoai

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rongrong

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sas

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

shis

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

siak

copulate (have sex with)

sihnaproa

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

sil

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sinek

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

siyasi

siyasi

noun fashion earrings

umw

house

waringara

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wehwe

understand

wijahn koaujoan

village

winen mahn

feather

woasoa

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

wud

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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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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