Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

where

rainbow

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

verb to be poor

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

ill, become

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

see

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

rich

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fist

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun intestines

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hidden, be

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson