Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

see

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

we know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun fingernail

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

honey

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter