Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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alu

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

amak

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

daike

tiger

darwak

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

dilla

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

doakoahdi

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

doar

then

en pahioai nohno

mother-in-law

ilare

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ingkarak in mahn

flea

Ingkarakin

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

inminjong

in morning

iopwou

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr siksik

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

japapehl

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

jarau

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

jiluh

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

joah loakloakoa

be quiet

jumwa

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

kajapwlakoan aio

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

kamjiki

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

kapehd

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kariau

second

kijesik winan

rat

kimwi

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kioak

n spine foot (fish)

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

kirip

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

koalik

big

koapwoapwoa

rich

kopkopda

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

koso

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

lehmwsik

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

leklek

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

limepwiki

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

luj

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

maj

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

majmaj

spear

manman

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

maraula

thirsty, be

mehdi

n death

mehjeni jerimwein

eldest brother

mijik

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

mindoar, amdoar

how

minipnip

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

moai

moai

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

moalkoahr

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

moarla

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwindi

sit down

mwoakidkid

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoaroan soah suhko

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwumw

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

nainki/anki

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

nanjed

ocean

ngoah pulila li o pori jeto

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nohno

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

o

that

o

there

oai mwah

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

oaloa

take

ohla

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ohnmwahnloang

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohroj

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pahiao woal

husband

pahien noai jermwein

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahu

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paiennoai jerpein

son-in-law

pei

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

peinkapw

young woman

pen

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pen

noun green coconut

pij soal jilmenne

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

poak

defecate (shit)

prin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

putangla

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Pwel

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pwenhg ngoah

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pwo

noun smell

pwoas

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

pwok

hole

pwok

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

rehno mwohn kajapwlakoanaio

day before yesterday

reping

v to try to break or deflower

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

riau

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rioai jermwein/woal

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

risingda

pull open

roairoai

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sapin

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sikei

adj. powerful

soahr

tear

sohn kaul

singer

sohn mwoaswel

farmer

uhda

raise

umwpwoar

twin

wanihm

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waringara

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

was

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wehn suhkoa

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wehn suhkoan mwinge

noun fruit

wehs

west

wiada

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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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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