Mokilese English

trail

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

male

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

day before yesterday

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal uncle

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fly (v)

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll