Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

yes

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun mosquito larva

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

lift open

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll