Mokilese English

shoulder

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rainbow

flea

sad

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

hello

pronoun you (two)

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

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

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

put

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

noun hip

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun coconut tree

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb be prepared

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail