Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

save

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in morning

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun butterfly

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

noun fly

noun hip

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

n death

true

[men] classifier for people

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

traditional chief

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

singer

summer

noun meat

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll