Mokilese English

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

rat

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb hold

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. happy

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

n goatfish

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

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

young

shell

every day

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

blue

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John