Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

wash someone

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

little finger

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

sun

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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 cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

scared

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull in

n goatfish

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hail

n banana

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