Mokilese English

trail

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

noun fan

sea snake

verb press

seventy

who

n scaleless fish

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

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

shaman

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

throw

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

scared

n spear for fishing

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

death

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

receive

verb be prepared

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

freed, be

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun foot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

farmer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes