Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb jerk

starve

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

sneeze

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

female

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

silent

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun lung

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

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson