Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

which

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

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

drunk, get

son

clean

born, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

separated, be

noun meat

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs