Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

drum

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

ripe

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eat

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

we know each other

rat

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

female

smooth

noun monkey

noun intestines

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

tribe

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

pull open

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

summer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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