Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

bowstring

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

throw

noun mosquito larva

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

adj. happy

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

wing

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

copulate (have sex with)

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

n banana

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