Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

[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

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

n spear for fishing

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

death

eldest brother

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

old (person)

traditional chief

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hide

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

defecate (shit)

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun full moon

n batfish

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

young

every day

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

separated, be

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll