Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun leg

other

where

sea snake

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

shaman

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

tongue

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. happy

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

frighten

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

verb be prepared

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

tie

freed, be

arm

defecate (shit)

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

thief

noun foot

noun cave

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll