Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

little finger

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

n steel drum

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

noun smoke

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

big

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

tongue

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

verb escape

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll