Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun cloud

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

ocean

when

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

son

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

shell

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

pull open

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fly (v)

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll