Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

starve

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

sharp

who

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

hello

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exchange, to

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun hip

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[men] classifier for people

noun breastmilk

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

young woman

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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