Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash hair

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

other

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

sea snake

verb press

cook

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

adj. possible

noun eat

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

sky

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

death

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun breastmilk

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

hole

noun knee

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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