Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

sick

send

verb dry

noun smoke

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb be pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

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

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

paternal aunt

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

verb play

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

village

lift open

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll