Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

other

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

try

day before yesterday

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

we know each other

they know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

comb (v)

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

born, be

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

tie

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

separated, be

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson