Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

twelve

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seventy

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

n love

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

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

n sweetheart

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

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

this

sentence I have a canoe

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

every

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

burned

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

noun full moon

n batfish

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

every day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

sister-in-law

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

hut

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

make

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn