Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

how much

verb press

sharp

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

noun eat

rat

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

pull in

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

recognize

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

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

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

noun full moon

noun knee

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

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

raise

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll