Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb jerk

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dry

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

priest

trap (v)

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

take

n goatfish

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

wet

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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