Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

paternal grandfather

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

verb press

seven hundred

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in morning

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bowstring

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

word

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John