Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash hair

twelve

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

where

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

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

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

honey

eldest brother

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

have

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. wide

fly (v)

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun fruit

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn