Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

sea snake

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun elbow

rich

noun cloud

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

red ant

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. happy

thirsty, be

this

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

today

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll