Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

ripe

noun finger

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

find

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

put

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun cave

noun day

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

village

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll