Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

pay

noun leg

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

dry

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice, body

n love

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 to be poor

ill, become

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

word

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

take

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest sister

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hot

tribe

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

house

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn