Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

n surgeon fish

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

dry

cook

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

new

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

think

verb lie (tell untruth)

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

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

adj. happy

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

old

noun intestines

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

every

verb be prepared

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hammock

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun smell

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll