Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

which

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

verb to be poor

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

new

second

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

blind

thirsty, be

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

defecate (shit)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll