Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seventy

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

find

throw

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

red ant

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

female

pain

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

strong

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail