Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

sharp

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

spear

thirsty, be

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

hungry

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

[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 bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

wing

thigh

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

thief

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun day

sister-in-law

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun leaf

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

star

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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