Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

save

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

noun leg

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

send

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

young man

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun green coconut

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb play

pull

noun fruit

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

hail