Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to be poor

cry

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

n sweetheart

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[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

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

spear

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

hungry

verb want

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

thigh

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

sister

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

tree

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll