Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

noun priest

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0,
via Wikipedia.

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

waist

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

eldest brother

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

old

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

burned

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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