Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

paternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

tired

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

true

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

verb be prepared

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll