Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

seventy

seven hundred

ripe

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

comb (v)

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[men] classifier for people

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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