Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash self

noun leg

mother-in-law

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven hundred

louse, head

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

feed

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n papaya

put

undress

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

death

true

frighten

female

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb prepare

noun puddle

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

wing

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

friend

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

fly (v)

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

raise

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter