Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

[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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

drum

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

vi to be born

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

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

[men] classifier for people

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

ground

thief

young

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

raise

star

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll