Mokilese English

trail

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

dry

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (two)

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

find

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[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

noun cloud

verb talk

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

[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

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

paternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

farmer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

stop

noun remain

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet