Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n parrotfish

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun maternal grandfather

noun fan

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

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

roof

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

every day

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll