Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

flea

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun foot

noun cave

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll