Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

[aɾai] theirs

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

n parrotfish

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

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

mad

sky

spear

thirsty, be

this

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

hungry

elderly

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun pond

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

lift open

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n banana

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