Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

other person

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

n love

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

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

feed

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

virgin

[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

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

stop

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

make

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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