Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

[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

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

lice, body

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

thumb

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

death

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

left

have children

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest brother

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

thigh

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

paternal aunt

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

star

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll