Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cry

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

every

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

copulate (have sex with)

summer

raise

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

lift open

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll