Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

then

wash hair

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

twelve

other

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

return

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

hello

new

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

take

verb, transitive burn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

freed, be

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

ground

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

singer

farmer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

lift open

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll