Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun elected chief

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

ninety

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other person

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seven hundred

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

sad

in morning

bleed

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cry

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

send

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

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

[men] classifier for people

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

raw

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

hidden, be

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

hot

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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