Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

nineteen

twelve

paternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

sea snake

lice, body

louse, head

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

push

ill, become

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

wife

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

wing

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

n party (celebration)

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

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

stop

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

west

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll