Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

shoulder

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

save

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

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 cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

scared

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun intestines

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

receive

take

broken

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

mud

hot

hole

n tip of penis (slang)

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

separated, be

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll