Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

wash hair

wash someone

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

cry

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

feed

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

rat

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

widow

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

[mɔn] your

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

raw

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

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

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

friend

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll