Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandmother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

little finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fingernail

skin

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

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

n bracelet

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

will be

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal aunt

sister-in-law

adj. thin

brother

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

vomit

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll