Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

seventy

ripe

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

put

comb (v)

verb, transitive break

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mad

sniff

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tree

noun remain

twin

vomit

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll