Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

trail

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

starve

nineteen

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

shaman

feed

find

second

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun fingernail

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

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

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun green coconut

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

paternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

copulate (have sex with)

adj. powerful

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail