Mokilese English

shoulder

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

how much

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

salt

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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 lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

try

noun year, age

send

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun cloud

verb hold

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

widow

kiss

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

true

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

old

noun monkey

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

puddle

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

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

village

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail