Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

tiger

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

vi to force

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

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

find

undress

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

frighten

male

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

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

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

that

there

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun full moon

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

separated, be

verb play

hut

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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