Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash someone

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

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 cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n steel drum

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

noun smoke

feed

watch (v)

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

frighten

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ground

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

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal uncle

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal uncle

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

blue

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

sixty

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll