Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

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

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

comb (v)

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

waist

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

arm

recognize

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

turtle

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll