Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mouse

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, transitive break

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

defecate (shit)

friend

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

young

fly (v)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

sixty

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

feather

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll