Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

verb remain

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

be quiet

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

shaman

verb dry

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

noun breastmilk

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

n goatfish

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

young woman

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn