Mokilese English

trail

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun maternal grandfather

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twist open

[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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

raw

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

youngest brother

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll