Mokilese English

trail

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

n lump

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

louse, head

noun dawn

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

priest

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

feed

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

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 smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

[mɔn] your

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun money

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun coconut tree

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

star

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll