Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

ninety

wash self

nineteen

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cry

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

feed

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

verb exchange, to

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

widow

red ant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

stop

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll