Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

what

many people

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

return

thirty

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

cry

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb to start

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

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

sweet

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

raise

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John