Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

wash someone

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

return

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

dirty

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

hot

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

copulate (have sex with)

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll