Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

sharp

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

thumb

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun elbow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

n bracelet

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hide

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

mud

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb play

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll