Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

verb jerk

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

malaria

honey

thirsty, be

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

pain

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun money

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

sell

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

verb escape

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

story

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson