Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

tiger

which

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

paternal grandmother

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

see

we know each other

rat

fall

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

son-in-law

noun pipe

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

tribe

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

waterfall

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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