Mokilese English

elder

noun gray-haired person

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

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

pronoun you (two)

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

[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 fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

blind

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun canned milk (store bought)

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

have children

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun puddle

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

noun forearm

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter