Mokilese English

trail

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

flea

in morning

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

little finger

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

sneeze

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

put

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

[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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

v sexually experienced

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

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter