Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

dry

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

undress

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

spear

frighten

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ground

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

turtle

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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