Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

n parrotfish

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

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bowstring

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

black ant (large, stings)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

salivate

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fist

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

singer

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n banana

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