Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[amai] yours (plural)

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

pron. ours

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

noun leg

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

sea snake

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

n skipjack (fish)

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

twist open

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

verb, transitive burn

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

son-in-law

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

burned

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

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

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

farmer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

understand

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson