Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

ripe

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

bleed

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

kind

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

they know each other

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

elderly

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

[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

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

[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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb play

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll