Mokilese English

noun egg

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

nineteen

noun fan

how much

seven hundred

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

verb prepare

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

free

noun pond

tie

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter