Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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ah

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

al

trail

daike

tiger

doaroahla, kapisla

save

dueijek

ninety

dupukda

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eh, ngoah johmwehu

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eijek riau

twelve

ere

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

imwinsihsi

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

Ingkarakin

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

inimda

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

injauwaj

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

inje

who

inla

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

irip

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahr

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

jileu

n bluefin tuna

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

johmwehuinwai

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

joun wini, joun wineini

shaman

jounpar

noun year, age

kalahpwuk

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kalangan

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

Kamwai, kimwi

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

kapehl

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kapw

new

kid

thousand

koalo

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

koarda pilenau

salivate

koasoau jaldu

koasoau jaldu

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

koawoa

pronoun you (singular)

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

kohmw

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kuruj

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

lakapw

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

lipahruhru

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

loangin juke

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lopwlopw likoau

wash clothes

madau

noun ocean area very far from reef

majmaj

spear

majmaj

n spear for fishing

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

manman

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

masak

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

me

this

mijikda

frighten

min doapoa

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

moadaok

pain

moalonglong

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwajngal

noun intestines

mwehu

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoluj

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwosmwos

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwuhr injauwaj

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

nangjaou

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

nauna majo

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

ngoah na kioang pij o woal o

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah pirin inla moa

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noasik

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

oai

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

oakihla

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

oapil

n goatfish

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

okojda

verb, transitive burn

Padin pil

noun puddle

pahien noai jermwein

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

pahu

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

paj

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

pal

pal

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

pehrok

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

pen

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pij jiluhmenne

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pijin nehn woallo

wild boar

pil

water

poa

hand

poang

poang

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

poran maj

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pwil

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwoas

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

pwuko

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pwukoa

noun knee

rahurahu

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rehnoauwe

today

rohs

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rohs

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

rongrong

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sang

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

saosuwa

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

shis

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sioa

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

sipoak

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

soakoaloan e

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

soapwoahd

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

soapwoahd

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

uhda

raise

umwujoahdi

vomit

waringara

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

was wahsa

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wijahn koaujoan

village

wonou

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

wos

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

wud

rain

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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