Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

drum

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

rat

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

obey

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweat

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll