Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bracelet

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

broken

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

obey

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun foot

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal aunt

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n banana

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