Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

paternal grandmother

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to force

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

n love

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

verb dry

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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