Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

save

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

lice, body

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

never

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

verb know

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

skin

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

hidden

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wild boar

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

virgin

friend

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

hut

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter