Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

salt

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yawn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

clean

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb escape

friend

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

every day

day after tomorrow

today

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

make

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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