Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

wash hair

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[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

no

bowstring

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

hello

noun smoke

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

comb (v)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

n bracelet

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

receive

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

recognize

virgin

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

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

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fly (v)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

waterfall

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll