Chuukese
Austronesian (Micronesian)
Chuukese is the largest language of the Federated States of Micronesia, spoken on Chuuk Lagoon. Like other Micronesian languages, it has a small phoneme inventory but morphological complexity, with dozens of numeral classifiers.
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Chuukese
Sources
- Goodenough, Ward H. & Hiroshi Sugita (1980) Trukese-English Dictionary (via ABVD 349 / Bender et al. 2003) and ABVD 175 (anonymous Chuukese list); Chuukese Bible (bible.com 3003); Wiktionary Chuukese lemmas
Words compared
Compared with languages in the same classification: Austronesian (Micronesian)
| Meaning | Chuukese | Woleaian | Pohnpeian | Gilbertese | Kosraean | Tongan | Samoan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | kkónik /kːonik/ | shal /ʃalʉ/ | pihl /pihl/ | ran /ɾan/ | kof /kof/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ |
| Fire | ekkei /ekːei/ | yaf /jaːfi/ | ahi /ahi/ | ai /ai/ | e /e/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ |
| Sun | akkar /akːaɾ/ | yal /jal/ | ketipin /ketipin/ | taai /taːi/ | faht /fæt/ | laʻā /laʔaː/ | lā /laː/ |
| Moon | maram /maɾam/ | meram /meɻame/ | maram /maram/ | namwakaina /namʷakaina/ | malem /malem/ | māhina /maːhina/ | māsina /maːsina/ |
| Star | fúú /fɨː/ | fius /fʉːs/ | usu /usu/ | itoi /iˈtoi/ | itu /itu/ | fetuʻu /fetuʔu/ | fetū /fetuː/ |
| Night | pwiin /pʷiːn/ | bong /boːŋi/ | pwong /pʷoŋ/ | bong /boŋ/ | fong /foŋ/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ |
| Rain | wúút /wɨːt/ | ut /uːte/ | keteu /ketew/ | karau /kaˈɾau/ | af /af/ | ʻuha /ʔuha/ | ua /ua/ |
| Snow | sno /sno/ | — | sinoh /sinoː/ | tinoo /siˈnoː/ | — | sinou /sinou/ | kiona /kiona/ |
| Wind | eng /eŋ/ | yang /jaːŋi/ | kisinieng /kisinieŋ/ | ang /aŋ/ | eng /eŋ/ | matangi /mataŋi/ | matagi /mataŋi/ |
| Earth | pwpwún /pʷːɨn/ | bbel /bːəlʉ/ | pwehl /pʷeːl/ | tano /tano/ | fohk /fok/ | kelekele /kelekele/ | ʻeleʻele /ʔeleʔele/ |
| Stone | faaw /faːw/ | faiu /faːʉ/ | takai /taˈkaj/ | atibu /aˈsibu/ | eot /eot/ | maka /maka/ | maʻa /maʔa/ |
| Mountain | chuuk /tʃuːk/ | taiit /taiːt/ | nahna /naːna/ | maunga /mauŋa/ | eol /eol/ | moʻunga /moʔuŋa/ | mauga /mauŋa/ |
| Sea | sáát /saːt/ | metaw /metaw/ | sehd /sɛːd/ | marawa /maɾawa/ | meoa /meoa/ | tahi /tahi/ | sami /sami/ |
| Mother | iin /iːn/ | sila /sila/ | nohno /nohno/ | tina /ˈsina/ | nina /nina/ | faʻē /faʔeː/ | tinā /tinaː/ |
| Father | saam /saːm/ | tema /tema/ | pahpa /paːpa/ | tama /tama/ | papa /papa/ | tamai /tamai/ | tamā /tamaː/ |
| Daughter | nengin /neŋin/ | — | nah serepein /nah sɛrɛpein/ | natiu te aine /nasiu te aine/ | acn /ɛn/ | ʻofefine /ʔofefine/ | afafine /afafine/ |
| I | ngang /ŋaŋ/ | gaang /ɡaːŋ/ | ngehi /ŋɛhi/ | ngai /ŋai/ | nga /ŋa/ | au /au/ | aʻu /aʔu/ |
| You | en /en/ | geel /ɡeːle/ | kowe /kowe/ | ngkoe /ŋkoe/ | kom /kom/ | koe /koe/ | ʻoe /ʔoe/ |
| We | kich / áám /kitʃ / aːm/ | giish / gaamam /ɡiːʃ / ɡaːmam/ | kitail / kiht /kitajl / kiht/ | ngaira /ŋaira/ | kut /kut/ | kitautolu / kimautolu /kitautolu / kimautolu/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ |
| Name | iit /iːt/ | it /iːt/ | ede /ɛdɛ/ | ara /ˈara/ | ine /ine/ | hingoa /hiŋoa/ | igoa /iŋoa/ |
| Person | aramas /aramas/ | yaremat /jaɻemat/ | aramas /aramas/ | aomata /aomata/ | mwet /mʷet/ | tangata /taŋata/ | tagata /taŋata/ |
| Head | mékúr /məkɨɾ/ | shimw /ʃimʷ/ | moahng /mɔːŋ/ | atu /ˈatu/ | insifac /insifɛ/ | ʻulu /ʔulu/ | ulu /ulu/ |
| Eye | maas /maːs/ | mat /maːte/ | pwoarenmas /pʷɔrɛnmas/ | mata /mata/ | mutahl /mutæl/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Ear | sening /seniŋ/ | taling /taliŋa/ | salenge /salɛŋ/ | taninga /taniŋa/ | srwac /ʂwɛ/ | telinga /teliŋa/ | taliga /taliŋa/ |
| Nose | pwéét /pʷeːt/ | boot /boːti/ | tumwe /tumʷe/ | bwairi /bʷairi/ | fwac /fwɛ/ | ihu /ihu/ | isu /isu/ |
| Mouth | aaw /aːw/ | yaw /jaw/ | ahu /ahu/ | — | oalu /oalu/ | ngutu /ŋutu/ | gutu /ŋutu/ |
| Tooth | nii /niː/ | ngi /ŋiː/ | ngih /ŋiː/ | wi /wi/ | wihs /wɨs/ | nifo /nifo/ | nifo /nifo/ |
| Tongue | chénnaaw /tʃenːaːw/ | lew /leːwe/ | loh /loː/ | newe /newe/ | loh /loh/ | ʻelelo /ʔelelo/ | laulaufaiva /laulaufaiva/ |
| Hand | paaw /paːw/ | paiu /paːʉ/ | peh /peh/ | bai /bai/ | poun /poun/ | nima /nima/ | lima /lima/ |
| Foot | peche /petʃe/ | peshe /peʃe/ | patehn neh /pateːn neː/ | wae /wae/ | ne /ne/ | vaʻe /vaʔe/ | vae /vae/ |
| Heart | letip /letip/ | bun /buno/ | mohngiong /moːŋioŋ/ | nano /nano/ | insiac /insiɛ/ | loto /loto/ | loto /loto/ |
| Bone | chuu /tʃɨː/ | shiu /ʃiu/ | tih /tiː/ | ri /ri/ | sri /ʂi/ | hui /hui/ | ivi /ivi/ |
| Blood | chcha /tʃːa/ | cha /tʃa/ | nta /nta/ | rara /ɾaɾa/ | srah /ʂah/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ |
| Poop | — /—/ | pag /paɡ/ | pwise /pʷise/ | butae /butae/ | — | taʻe /taʔe/ | tae /tae/ |
| Love | tóng /təŋ/ | ffageo /fːaɡœː/ | limpoak /limpoːk/ | tangira /taŋiɾa/ | lungse /luŋse/ | ʻofa /ʔofa/ | alofa /alofa/ |
| Tree | irá /iɾaː/ | ira /iɻa/ | tuhke /tuhke/ | kai /kai/ | sak /sak/ | ʻakau /ʔakau/ | laʻau /laʔau/ |
| Dog | konak /konak/ | gelaag /ɡelaːɡu/ | kihdi /kihdi/ | kamea /kamea/ | kosro /kosro/ | kulī /kuliː/ | maile /maile/ |
| Cat | kkááset /kːaːset/ | gaatu /ɡaːtu/ | kaht /kaht/ | katama /katama/ | katu /katu/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| Fish | iik /iːk/ | ig /iːɡe/ | mwahmw /mʷaːmʷ/ | ika /ˈika/ | ik /ik/ | ika /ika/ | iʻa /iʔa/ |
| Bird | machang /matʃaŋ/ | mal /malʉ/ | menpihr /menˈpiːr/ | mannikiba /mannikiba/ | won /won/ | manupuna /manupuna/ | manu /manu/ |
| Butterfly | nipwisipwis /nipʷisipʷis/ | libegibeg /libeɡibeɡ/ | lipahrourou /lipaːrowrow/ | bwebwe /bʷebʷe/ | — | pepe /pepe/ | pepe /pepe/ |
| Egg | sókkun /səkːun/ | siugiun /sʉɡʉn/ | kutohr /kutoːr/ | bunnimoa /bunːiˈmoa/ | ahtro /ætro/ | foʻi moa /foʔi moa/ | fuamoa /fuamoa/ |
| Bear | pear /pear/ | — | pehr /pɛːr/ | bea /bea/ | pacr /pɛr/ | pea /pea/ | pea /pea/ |
| Horse | arus /arus/ | yoas /jɒs/ | oahs /ɔːs/ | aoti /aosi/ | — | hoosi /hoːsi/ | solofanua /solofanua/ |
| House | iimw /iːmʷ/ | imw /iːmʷe/ | ihmw /ihmʷ/ | auti /ˈausi/ | lohm /lohm/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ |
| Milk | milik /milik/ | milik /milik/ | milik /milik/ | miriki /miɾiki/ | titi /titi/ | huʻakau /huʔakau/ | susu /susu/ |
| Honey | chönün chunen /tʃənɨn tʃunen/ | — | sukehn loangalap /sukeːn lɔŋalap/ | meri /meɾi/ | — | hone /hone/ | meli /meli/ |
| Salt | sóón /səːn/ | gasiiga /ɡasiːɡa/ | soahl /sɔːl/ | taoro /taoro/ | sohl /sɔl/ | māsima /maːsima/ | masima /masima/ |
| Wine | wain /wain/ | waain /waːine/ | wain /wain/ | wain /wain/ | wain /wain/ | uaine /uaine/ | uaina /uaina/ |
| Rice | rais /ɾais/ | peraas /peɻaːs/ | rais /rais/ | raiti /ɾaisi/ | rais /rais/ | laise /laise/ | alaisa /alaisa/ |
| Iron | mecha /metʃa/ | paarang /paːɻaŋ/ | mete /ˈmete/ | biti /ˈpisi/ | osra /oʂa/ | ukamea /ukamea/ | uʻamea /uʔamea/ |
| Wheel | wiil /wiːl/ | — | wihl /wihl/ | wira /wiɾa/ | wil /wil/ | veʻeteka /veʔeteka/ | uili /uili/ |
| Silk | silik /silik/ | — | silik /silik/ | tirika /siɾika/ | silk /silk/ | silika /silika/ | silika /silika/ |
| Book | puk /puk/ | baabiyor /baːbijoɻ/ | pwuhk /pʷuːk/ | boki /ˈboki/ | puk /puk/ | tohi /tohi/ | tusi /tusi/ |
| Eat | mwéngé /mʷeŋːe/ | mwongo /mʷoŋo/ | mwenge /mʷeŋe/ | amwarake /amʷaɾake/ | mongo /moŋo/ | kai /kai/ | ʻai /ʔai/ |
| Drink | wún /wɨn/ | iul /ʉlʉ/ | nim /nim/ | nima /nima/ | nim /nim/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ |
| Sleep | méwúr /meˈwɨr/ | — | meir /mejr/ | matu /ˈmatu/ | motul /motul/ | mohe /mohe/ | moe /moe/ |
| One | éét /eːt/ | yeta /jeta/ | ehu /ehu/ | teuana /teuana/ | sefac /sefɛ/ | taha /taha/ | tasi /tasi/ |
| Two | rúúw /rɨːw/ | riuwa /ɻʉwa/ | riau /riːau/ | uoua /uˈoua/ | luo /luo/ | ua /ua/ | lua /lua/ |
| Three | wúnú /wɨnɨ/ | yeli /jeli/ | siluh /siluː/ | tenua /teˈnua/ | tolu /tolu/ | tolu /tolu/ | tolu /tolu/ |
| Four | fáán /faːn/ | fangi /faŋi/ | pahieu /paːieu/ | aua /aua/ | ahkosr /ækoʂ/ | fā /faː/ | fā /faː/ |
| Five | niim /niːm/ | lima /lima/ | limau /limaw/ | nimaua /nimaua/ | limekosr /limekoʂ/ | nima /nima/ | lima /lima/ |
| Hundred | ipwúkú /ipʷɨkɨ/ | — | epwiki /epʷiki/ | tebubua /tebuˈbua/ | siofok /siofok/ | teau /teau/ | selau /selau/ |
| Hello | ráán annim /raːn annim/ | faiisho /faiːʃo/ | kaselehlie /kaselehlie/ | mauri /mauɾi/ | lwen wo /lwen wo/ | mālō e lelei /maːloː e lelei/ | talofa /talofa/ |
| Thank you | kinisou /kinisou/ | — /—/ | kalahngan /kalahŋan/ | ko rabwa /ko ɾabʷa/ | kulo /kulo/ | mālō /maːloː/ | faʻafetai /faʔafetai/ |
| Good | mwirinné /mʷirinːe/ | gach /ɡatʃʉ/ | mwahu /mʷahu/ | raoiroi /ɾaoiɾoi/ | wo /wo/ | lelei /lelei/ | lelei /lelei/ |
| New | ffé /fːe/ | feo /fœː/ | kapw /kapʷ/ | bou /bou/ | sasuh /sasʌ/ | foʻou /foʔou/ | fou /fou/ |
| Red | par /par/ | cha /tʃa/ | weitahta /weiˈtahta/ | uraura /uɾaˈuɾa/ | srusra /ʂuʂa/ | kulokula /kulokula/ | mūmū /muːmuː/ |
| White | pwechepwech /pʷetʃepʷetʃ/ | besh /beʃe/ | pwetepwet /pʷetepʷet/ | mainaina /mainaina/ | fasrfasr /faʂfaʂ/ | hinehina /hinehina/ | paʻepaʻe /paʔepaʔe/ |
| Black | chochol /tʃotʃol/ | chochoal /tʃotʃɒl/ | toantoal /toːntoːl/ | roro /ɾoɾo/ | sroalsroal /ʂoalʂoal/ | ʻuliʻuli /ʔuliʔuli/ | uliuli /uliuli/ |
| Green | araw /araw/ | gaaraweraw /ɡaːɻaweɻaw/ | pohndipw /poːndipʷ/ | mawawa /mawawa/ | folfol sra /folfol ʂa/ | lanu mata /lanu mata/ | lanumeamata /lanumeamata/ |
| Blue | araw /araw/ | gaaraweraw /ɡaːɻaweɻaw/ | mei /mei/ | mawawa /mawawa/ | folfol /folfol/ | lanu moana /lanu moana/ | lanumoana /lanumoana/ |
| Tea | ttii /tːiː/ | tti /tːi/ | — | ii /iː/ | ti /ti/ | tī /tiː/ | tī /tiː/ |
| Coffee | kofi /kofi/ | koofi /koːfi/ | koahpi /kɔːpi/ | kobe /kobe/ | kohfi /kɔfi/ | kofi /kofi/ | kofe /kofe/ |
| Sugar | suke /suke/ | — | suke /suke/ | tioka /sioka/ | suka /suka/ | suka /suka/ | suka /suka/ |
| Orange | kurukur /kuɾukuɾ/ | gurugur /ɡuɻuɡuɻu/ | — | aoranti /aoɾansi/ | — | moli /moli/ | moli /moli/ |
| Ninety-nine | tiwe me tiu /tiwe me tiu/ | — | — | ruabwi ma ruaiwa /ruabʷi ma ruaiwa/ | — | hivangofulu mā hiva /hivaŋofulu maː hiva/ | ivasefulu ma le iva /ivasefulu ma le iva/ |
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