Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

wash someone

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to be born

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

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

verb to be poor

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

see

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

mouse

rat

roof

[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

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

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

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

n goatfish

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

son-in-law

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

noun knee

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal uncle

pull open

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

stop

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

sixty

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson