Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bleed

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

feed

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

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

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

village

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll