Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

mother-in-law

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

cook

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

gonorrhea

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

black ant (large, stings)

verb, transitive break

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb smell

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

spear

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sell

v sexually experienced

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

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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 foot

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull open

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

stop

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll