Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sweetheart

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

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

pronoun you (singular)

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

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

hand

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

shell

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

lift open

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar