Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seventy

ripe

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb dry

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bracelet

thirsty, be

this

eldest sister

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

river

freed, be

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

heat (v)

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shell

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

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter