Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

save

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

vi to be born

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

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

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. happy

thirsty, be

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

smooth

noun head

noun monkey

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

hidden, be

hide

every

verb, transitive burn

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

mud

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

singer

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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