Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

bowstring

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

hammock

young woman

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

tie

ground

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

n batfish

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

raise

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb play

hut

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll