Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starve

nineteen

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

little finger

return

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

see

find

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

thousand

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

this

n death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

leech

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

green

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

wife

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

urinate (piss)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become