Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

priest

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

widow

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun forearm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

blue

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John