Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

mother-in-law

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

roof

tired

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

n crab

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

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

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

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thief

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail