Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

n surgeon fish

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash someone

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. happy

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

verb be prepared

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

freed, be

will be

heat (v)

burned

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

story

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n banana

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