Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

who

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

sharpen

child

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

send

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

we know each other

noun heel

bow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n crab

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

spear

thirsty, be

death

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fruit

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll