Mokilese English

trail

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

what

which

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

noun eat

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

free

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

heat (v)

tribe

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson