Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leg

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

bleed

n love

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

mouse

undress

red ant

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

n spear for fishing

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

hear

adj. powerful

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun remain

star

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll