Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[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

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

save

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven hundred

lice, body

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bleed

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

see

adj. skillful

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

mouse

noun fingernail

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

honey

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

[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 nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thigh

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

heat (v)

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

n batfish

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

noun knee

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

copulate (have sex with)

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

raise

noun remain

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

wet, become

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll