Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

yes

other person

noun maternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

sea snake

who

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

they know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

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

eldest brother

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

female

smooth

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest brother

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

recognize

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

today

twenty

adj. thin

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John