Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

ninety

nineteen

other person

noun fan

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

in morning

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n crab

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

scared

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

day before yesterday

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll