Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

nineteen

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

cry

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

have children

clean

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

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 cave

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

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

hut

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll