Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pay

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

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

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hide

pull in

verb be prepared

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

young

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun fashion earrings

tree

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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