Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

child

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

fall

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

tired

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

hidden, be

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pipe

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

tree

raise

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail