Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

verb jerk

ninety

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

sea snake

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

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 brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

kiss

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

pain

sweet

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal uncle

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll