Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

twelve

noun fan

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

yesterday

hello

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sniff

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

sit down

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

son

born, be

there

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll