Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

no

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

worm

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

clean

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun knee

brother in law

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail