Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

paternal grandfather

rainbow

seventy

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

return

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun fingernail

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

malaria

adj. happy

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

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

worm

noun money

old (person)

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

have children

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

set on fire

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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