Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

push

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

bow

salivate

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

thirsty, be

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

[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

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun forearm

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

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

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn