Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

twelve

other person

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

throw

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

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

sniff

[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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. happy

n death

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

youngest brother

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

freed, be

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

recognize

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll