Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

twist open

throw

rat

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

eldest brother

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

shell

v to be broken or deflowered

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

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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