Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash someone

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

throw

verb exchange, to

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

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

think

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

elderly

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson