Mokilese English

noun hammock

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

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

rainbow

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

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun fingernail

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

tusk

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

frighten

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

born, be

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun puddle

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

hand

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

hot

noun fishing pole

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

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

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shell

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll