Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

send

n steel drum

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

twist open

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

honey

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

friend

why

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter