Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

pay

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

rainbow

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

watch (v)

verb exchange, to

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

noun heel

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

female

how

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

son

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

set on fire

noun pipe

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

water

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

tree

raise

verb play

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n banana

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