Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

verb press

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noun dawn

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

n spear for fishing

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

female

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

freed, be

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll