Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

seven hundred

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

sniff

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

this

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

take

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb be prepared

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

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

why

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

today

twenty

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

raise

wet

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter