Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

wash someone

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

trap (v)

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sun

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

second

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

they know each other

red ant

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

n spear for fishing

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

how

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

village

hail