Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

many people

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

noun dawn

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

child

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

this

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

drunk, get

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

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

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

hole

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

today

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar