Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

trail

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

adj. possible

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

throw

thousand

rat

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

n spear for fishing

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

blue

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

west

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll