Mokilese English

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

starve

yes

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rainbow

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vi to be born

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb remain

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

child

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

this

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hide

receive

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun leaf

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

wet, become

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll