Mokilese-English English Finderlist Mokilese-English (alpha) | Updated: 6/9/2013 |
Mokilese-English
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ra n. branch. nc rahn. n3sg rah.
-ra suf. their. dual.
-rai suf. their. plural.
raid vt. to twist rope around hand; to wrap (around). raidεkin ε vi. to wrap leg around opponent to throw him (in wrestling). vt raidεkin εi.
rainnoar vi. of the same height as. rais n. rice. Eng.
rahu vi. to shout.
raujij n. pants; trousers. Eng.
raun₁ vi. dislocated.
raun₂ vi. circular. Eng.
raun₃ vi. to go around, to walk around.
raj vi. equal; even. rajak n. spar. nc rajakin. n3sg rajakin.
rajak mwein n. gaff (of a sail). rajak pein n. boom.
rahk vi. to bend (of tree branches).
rahkudai vi. to flunk; to be demoted. Jp.
rakkasang n. parachute. Jp.
rakkupi n. rugby. Jp.
ramεn n. kind of noodles. Jp.
ramwinε n. marble. Jp.
randana n. lantana.
rahnmwahu n. regards. Pon.
rahnnεk n. judgement day. Pon.
ranning n. sleeveless undershirt. Jp. < Eng.
rap n. fish sp., kind of eel (? painted reef eel).
rahp n. raft. Eng.
rapa n. rubber band. Eng.
rapahk vi. to try to find out; to look (for something). vt rapahki. also roapoan.
rapahkihda vt. to find; to find out.
rahpas num. two. long object counting system.
rapwij vt. to grab with fingers. vi rapwijεk.
rapwijεk n. two-pronged hook used for trawling.
rapwoal vi. to shine (of reflected light). rapwrapwoal vi. shiny.
rar₁ vi.
karara₁ vt. to pry off; to split. vi kararahk.
rar₂ num. one million.
ras n. rust. Jp.
rawan vt. to chase away. vi rawaro.
rawaro vi. to chase away. vt rawan.
rε n. kind of grass.
rei vi. faded.
reinkohd n. raincoat. Eng.
reisa n. razor. vi. to shave back of neck. vt reisai. Eng.
rεdi vi. ready. Eng.
rehdio n. radio. Eng.
rεjεp vi. to fish for flying fish with a baited line during the day.
rεhk n. rake. Eng.
rεhl n. rail. Eng.
rεhn n. day.
rεhn joarwi n. Sunday. rεhn koaunup n. Saturday. rεhn pahjεk n. last day of the forty day mourning period.
rεhnjεd n. balm prepared from coconut oil and the hair or nail clippings of a deceased person, to prevent haunting.
renju vi. to practice (athletics). n. practice. Jp.
rεhnkε n. grinder. Jp.
rεhnnoawε n. today.
rεp vi. broken; deflowered. vt reping.
rεpla vi. broken through. rεppijoang vi. broken apart.
rεpεk vi. to wiggle; to shake. repin n. ribbon. Eng.
reping vt. to try to break; to deflower. vi rεp, repingεk, .
repingla vt. to break. repingpijoang vt. to break apart.
rεpsoa n. ripsaw. Eng.
rεhrε vi. lots of rε.
rih n. name of the letter r.
ria vi. to sin.
ria- pre. two.
riah n. his brother; his sister; his cousin. nc riεn.
riaka n. rickshaw. Jp.
riakid num. two thousand.
riahkij num. two. partitive counting system.
riahla vi. to find retribution, to get one's just desserts. riapak see -pak.
riari vi. to be siblings; be first-$cousins. see riah.
riaw num. two. general counting system.
rieijεk num. twenty.
rieili excl. On my sister's honor! *oath formula. also rieilpwa| when followed by a sentence.
riepwki num. two hundred.
riehwol excl. On my brother's honor! *oath formula. also riehwolpwa| when followed by a sentence.
rijihd n. receipt. Eng.
rik vt. to collect; to gather. vi rikrik. vc rik.
rik oaring vi. to collect coconut (for copra). rik pwirej vi. to haul compost for the taro patch. rikda vt. to gather up. rikpεnε vt. to gather together.
rikoal n. food, a bread made from flour or mar and coconut.
rihlei n. race, relay race. vi. to run a relay race. Eng.
rimaddi vi. to fall on one's backside. slang.
rihng n. ring. Eng.
rihng in nεhn jεd n. sea anemone.
ringoaingoai vi. skinny.
ripakpak vi. flat.
riprip n. fish sp., kind of sea bass.
ripwaripw vi. coarse.
rir₁ n. shade; shadow. vi. shaded.
karir vi. to shade. vt kariri.
rir₂ n. floating seaweed; flotsam; material trapped between opposing currents.
ririn maj n. eyelash.
ris vi. to be open. vt rising.
risda vi. to be open; open period for new members to join the pwihn. vt risingda. risdi vi. to be closed. vt risingdi.
rising vt. to move (a door). vi ris.
risingda vt. to open. vi risda. risingdi vt. to close. vi risdi.
rodma n. food, cake made from taro and bananas or pandanus, and baked overnight.
rodma dok n. food, rodma cake, cooked quickly and keeping only one day.
roj vi. empty, run out or used up. see koarjoa.
rokumw n. crab.
rohlap n. rear pew in church.
rong vt. to hear; to understand (what is said). n. news. rong mwεhu n. gospel. rongda vt. to find out by hearing. rongdi vt. to learn by hearing.
rop vi. to try to jib (a sail). vt ropi.
ropla vi. jibbed. vt ropihla.
rohp n. mat.
rohro vi. to exhort.
ros n. darkness.
rohs n. flower. Eng.
rosros vi. pagan.
roa vi. to peel cooked breadfruit with a knife. vt roai. also roar₁.
roahla vi. peeled.
roahla vt. to peel off.
roairoai vi. long; tall; high. see rainnoar.
roadin vi. rotten. Eng.
roaj n. whale; porpoise; dolphin; any sea mammal.
roajoa₁ n. stretcher.
roajoa₂ vt. to sharpen a knife by rubbing it against another knife. vi roajroaj.
roajroaj vi. to sharpen a knife by rubbing it against another knife. vt roajoa₁.
roak₁ vi. to work at serving; to dish out (food); to scrape with hands. vt roaki.
roakihda vt. to serve up. roakihdi vt. to serve. roakihla vt. to serve to exhaustion.
roak₂ n. breadfruit season. vi. to be in season.
roakloap n. hernia.
roahla vi. to peel cooked breadfruit with a knife.
roahloak n. rowlock. Eng.
roam vi. yellow (of a coconut).
roahmεn num. two. animate counting system.
roamoak n. tree sp. (scaveola).
roang vi. burned to a crisp; charred.
roangεnpεlloak n. window hinged at the top to enable it to be propped open at the bottom.
roangroang₁ vi. yellow.
roangroang₂ vi. to warm oneself. see koaroangroang.
roapis n. rabbit. Eng.
roapoan vi. to search. vt rapahki. also rapahk.
roapwdi vi. exhausted.
roar₁ vi. to shake.
roarda vi. to start to shake.
roar₂ vi. to peel cooked breadfruit with a knife. vt roari. also roa.
roaroailoa n. fish sp., lionfish.
roaroangla vi. to be asleep. slang. Ping.
roasoahdi vi. lost, confused. see ros.
ru vi. delicate.
ruoj vt. to order, to give orders.
rujoruj vi. to rub together (of paper, clothes, etc.). vt rujoa.
rujoa vt. rub together (of paper, clothes, etc.). vi rujoruj.
Ruk n. Truk.
ruk₁ n. sickness, early stage of yaws.
rukda vi. to bend back. rukdi vi. to bend over. rukla vi. to bend to the side.
rukoruk vi. to gnaw. vt rukoa.
rukoa vt. to gnaw. vi rukoruk.
rukoal n. food, mar baked with grated coconut and molasses.
rukla vi. to be a stowaway.
rumε n. bottle.
ruhmw n. room. Eng.
ruppang excl. move! strong command, suggesting anger.
ruppangla excl. get out!
rupw vi. hasty; rash; reckless.
rupwupw vi. wriggle (as a fish out of water).
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