Mokilese English

elder

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

noun east

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharp

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun back part of sail

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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tongue

yawn

n crab

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hide

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

every day

day after tomorrow

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson