Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

n surgeon fish

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

then

save

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

tusk

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest brother

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb escape

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

young

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

pull

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter