Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fan

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

leech

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

clean

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

pull open

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

feather

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn