Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

n sweetheart

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

noun smoke

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

[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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day before yesterday

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

hut

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn