Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

elder

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

where

seventy

flea

louse, head

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun year, age

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

third

twist open

verb exchange, to

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

leech

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

[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

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

tree

raise

star

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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