Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb press

noun east

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. possible

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0,
via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. powerful

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

wet, become

village

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll