Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

where

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

push

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

cry

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sniff

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

pain

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v sexually experienced

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

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

say

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

every day

paternal aunt

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson