Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wash someone

other person

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noun dawn

in morning

bleed

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

we know each other

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

how

pain

smooth

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hidden

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

freed, be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

tribe

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun day

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

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

star

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village