Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

cook

noun dawn

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

bowstring

noun moon, month

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

waist

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

pain

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister-in-law

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

sixty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter