Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

save

other

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

child

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

noun mosquito larva

skin

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

eldest sister

noun breastmilk

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

traditional chief

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

there

v sexually experienced

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

broken

verb prepare

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pipe

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

heat (v)

today

paternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun leaf

noun remain

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll