Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal grandfather

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

lice, body

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

vi to force

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sick

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

friend

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cave

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

young

shell

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

separated, be

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll