Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sea snake

seven hundred

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

find

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun fingernail

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[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

boiled

noun north

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun puddle

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

thigh

mud

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

copulate (have sex with)

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll