Mokilese English

spit (v)

tiger

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

n love

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

send

n playing card

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

male

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

n goatfish

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

set on fire

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

young woman

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

story

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

sixty

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail