Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

vi to force

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

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 fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

death

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

every

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

friend

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit