Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

trail

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

see

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

tired

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

eldest brother

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

traditional chief

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

day before yesterday

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

fly (v)

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar