Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb jerk

ninety

starve

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

verb press

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

lice, body

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun priest

return

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

verb dry

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb want

green

traditional chief

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

husband

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

freed, be

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

verb play

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll