Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

pay

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

seventy

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

sharpen

priest

little finger

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

fall

comb (v)

[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

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

true

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

left

that

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dream

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 piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

virgin

noun cave

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

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make