Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

other

other person

dry

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

roof

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

salivate

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

hat

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun smell

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll