Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

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

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

n crab

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun money

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

fly (v)

first

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

hut

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll