Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

put

noun mosquito larva

mouse

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb talk

mad

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

pain

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

there

hide

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

friend

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter