Mokilese English

trail

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandfather

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

shaman

verb dry

noun eat

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. happy

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

son-in-law

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

defecate (shit)

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll