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Most Common Chuukese Words
Chuukese
Essential Chuukese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| aramas | person | a-RA-mas |
| feefin | woman | FE-fin |
| ngoón | child | NGON |
| imw | house | IMW |
| ran | water / day | RAN |
| mwichen | food | MWI-chen |
| fengen | together / meeting | FEN-gen |
| mochen | ocean / sea | MO-chen |
| ióch | sky / above | IOCH |
| annim | fish | AN-nim |
| séér | sun | SER |
| pwin | night | PWIN |
| éér | canoe / boat | ER |
| nón | land / island | NON |
| achocho | heart / inside | a-CHO-cho |
| finén | mother | FI-nen |
| semén | father | SE-men |
| mwan | man | MWAN |
| pwichin | body | PWI-chin |
| nóón | thing / stuff | NON |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| wééch | to go | WECH |
| éékor | to come | E-kor |
| mwuuch | to eat | MWUCH |
| nómw | to drink / live | NOMW |
| tééfaw | to sleep | TE-faw |
| katon | to see / look | ka-TON |
| rongorong | to hear | ron-go-RONG |
| pwung | to say / speak | PWUNG |
| sinei | to know | si-NEI |
| mochen | to want / like | MO-chen |
| angaang | to work | an-GANG |
| nó | to give | NO |
| apas | to take / hold | a-PAS |
| wor | to have / exist | WOR |
| etto | to walk | ET-to |
| féféér | to run | fe-FER |
| séfén | to sit | SE-fen |
| tori | to stand | TO-ri |
| sópwono | to finish | sop-WO-no |
| féngen | to meet / gather | FEN-gen |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| pwan | big / large | PWAN |
| nein | small / little | NEIN |
| mwirin | good / nice | MWI-rin |
| asor | bad | a-SOR |
| fóó | new | FO |
| mwäär | old | MWAR |
| fáánw | white / light | FANW |
| uúr | black / dark | UR |
| rééch | long | RECH |
| kkich | short | KKICH |
| pwúng | heavy | PWUNG |
| määäs | light / thin | MAS |
| fáár | strong | FAR |
| sipwéér | weak | sip-WER |
| chééfaw | fast / quick | CHE-faw |
| tóóng | slow | TONG |
| mwochemi | hot | mwo-CHE-mi |
| chééch | cold | CHECH |
| mwirin ren | beautiful | MWI-rin REN |
| pwung | true / correct | PWUNG |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| iei | here / now | I-ei |
| óó | there | O |
| ach | yes | ACH |
| ééch | no / not | ETCH |
| nge | and / but | NGE |
| pwe | because / so that | PWE |
| me | that / which | ME |
| ika | or | I-ka |
| mén | again / also | MEN |
| nóm | still / yet | NOM |
| rese | before / first | RE-se |
| muri | after / later | MU-ri |
| nóón | always | NON |
| epwe | will / should | EP-we |
| rese ren | very / quite | RE-se REN |
| wor ren | truly / indeed | WOR REN |
| chóón | quickly | CHON |
| tóóng ren | slowly | TONG REN |
| fengen | together | FEN-gen |
| nonom | quietly / gently | NO-nom |