Mokilese English

trail

noun hammock

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

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpen

priest

be quiet

bowstring

verb to be poor

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

twist open

we know each other

fall

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

widow

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

[men] classifier for people

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

old (person)

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

noun smell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

star

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

wet

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll