Mokilese Talking Dictionary

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adiroauhn jumwa

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

adroau

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

amwda pope men

sentence why are you here

arimajin mwoakil

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

armaj doapoa pohn o piniji?

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

da koah oa la?

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

daonke

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dikoldikol

adj lumpy

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

doapwoa

verb jerk

duhpek

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

dupuk

pay

eh, ngoah johmwehu

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

en mwahmwa nohno

paternal grandmother

engngeng

dry

iaw oahr

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

ingkarak

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Ingkarakin armaj

lice, body

inoai

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

jahrin taktak

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

jandin e

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

japan

kind

jeuweje

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

jileu

n bluefin tuna

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

jinoak

push

jirhak

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

joang

cry

Joau

sun

johkin wiawi

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

johmwehu

sick

kadek

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

kak wiawi

adj. possible

kapisla

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kil

skin

kioak

n spine foot (fish)

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

kirihj

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

koalik

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

koandau

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

koasoau jaldu

koasoau jaldu

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

kodlaij

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

kohl

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

kohmw

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

krokadail

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

kumwuspoa

noun fist

lal

word

li

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

ling

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

load

verb smell

Loange

sky

malau

adj. happy

mehj mehj

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

meleisik

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

men a war ewar

sentence I have a canoe

mindoar/amdoar

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

moai

moai

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

moalonglong

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mojul

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwahmwa koalik

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mwoad

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mwoakidkid

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nainki

have

nainki/anki

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

nennen

silent

ngoah johpwa kapang pij a

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ngoah pwili liau poah rijedo

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

o

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

oamw

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

oarmoane

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ohnmwahnloang

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

par, amak

hammock

peneinei

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

pij

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pij soal jilmen

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pijek

free

pil

water

poakadi

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pohn pirej

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwa

say

pwil

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwok

hole

pwol

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

pwuhl mwuhn

noun full moon

pwuko

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rahnmwahui

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

rajak mwein

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

ringoaingoai

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

rong

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

rongrong

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

saosuwa

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

sapin woaroa

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sihlaboa

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sikesik, inoang

story

siyasi

siyasi

n fashion earrings

soahr

tear

soanihr

waterfall

soapwoahd

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ujuh

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

umwuj

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

warahki

pull

wia

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wijah kije

this place

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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