Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

spit (v)

shoulder

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

verb jerk

then

nineteen

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

seven hundred

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. powerful

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

raise

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs