Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

spit (v)

[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

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

wash self

wash someone

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. possible

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

[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

rat

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun remain

hut

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn