Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

sad

bleed

return

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

noun smoke

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

wash clothes

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

n spear for fishing

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

how

smooth

young man

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

twenty

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll