Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

see

find

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

comb (v)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

n spear for fishing

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

this

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

boiled

have children

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

sand

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun full moon

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

village