Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fingernail

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

big

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

noun fly

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

that

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb prepare

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

burned

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll