Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

sharp

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mad

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

[mɔn] your

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

snore

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

n goatfish

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

every

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb escape

arm

defecate (shit)

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll