Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

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

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

kiss

noun hip

n bracelet

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

[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

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

heat (v)

[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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

young

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n banana

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