Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

rainbow

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

seventy

louse, head

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

butterfly

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

sky

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

malaria

honey

adj. happy

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

snore

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister-in-law

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

copulate (have sex with)

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll