Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

spit (v)

pron. ours

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

twist open

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

skin

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

blind

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb want

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sell

hidden

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

wife

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

blue

west