Mokilese English

noun egg

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

trap (v)

return

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

mad

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

wash clothes

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

eldest sister

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

[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

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun foot

noun cave

sweat

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun young coconut

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

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fruit

lift open

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll