Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash someone

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

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

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

noun moon, month

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thousand

put

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun butterfly

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

sniff

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

feather

n banana

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