Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

starve

nineteen

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

sun

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

butterfly

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

waist

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

defecate (shit)

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave 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 lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll