Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

save

n parrotfish

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

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse, head

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

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

priest

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

adj. pregnant

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

there

hide

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

thigh

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

raise

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll