Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

n parrotfish

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

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

gonorrhea

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson