Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

n surgeon fish

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

who

in morning

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

see

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kiss

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

young man

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

sell

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

defecate (shit)

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

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson