Mokilese English

noun    centipede

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

[ 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    string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ dam ]

n    outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n    large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

noun    mangrove crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

noun    fan

noun    eel

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[ inɔn pʷit͡ʃ ]

n    a type of knot

noun    axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ t͡ʃimʷ ]

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ t͡ʃimʷen re:l ]

n    the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu ]

n    a type of knot

[ jo:jo ]

n    piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    puffer fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

[ kapʷʉdpʷʉd ]

n    a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ ke:rup ]

n    a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ keinin eɾe ]

n    wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n    papaya

[ kia ]

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ ki:l ]

n    small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ kʌm ]

n    bear paw clam shell

noun    ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

[ kɔsɔ ]

n    a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu ]

n    the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ lɔ ]

n    seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur ]

n    where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

n    bracelet

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

noun    breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

noun    pennant bannerfish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun    crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    coconut crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

noun    paddle

Speaker: Ichiro John

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

[ pa:t͡ʃ ]

n    a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ pɔŋ ]

n    wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    clown triggerfish

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[ pʷakəlap ]

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ 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

[ pʷɔkɔr ]

n    the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ pʷɔs ]

n   

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    betel nut

Speaker: Danio Poll

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n    fashion earrings

noun    fashion earrings

noun    gecko

[ upʷen wen ]

n   

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ wa:n pʷit͡ʃ ]

n    two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John