Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

never

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

verb talk

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

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

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb prepare

verb be prepared

husband

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

twin

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

turtle

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll