Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

save

nineteen

noun fan

verb press

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb exchange, to

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

salivate

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

young woman

sand

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson