Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

shoulder

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

save

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

weak

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun year, age

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hip

wash clothes

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

elderly

traditional chief

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

today

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

star

eighty

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fruit

turtle