Mokilese English

spit (v)

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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

traditional chief

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

free

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

ground

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n fashion earrings

noun fashion earrings

twin

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs