Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

wash someone

noun leg

cook

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

send

hello

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

frighten

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

left

have children

born, be

verb, transitive burn

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

son-in-law

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

recognize

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll