Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

ninety

wash hair

wash someone

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

we know each other

undress

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fist

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

female

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

every

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

thief

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

pull

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll