Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

save

wash hair

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n love

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

rat

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

adj. thick

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

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

recognize

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter