Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

bowstring

verb to be poor

sun

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

yesterday

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

how

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hide

pull in

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

defecate (shit)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

friend

say

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll