Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

then

save

wash self

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

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

noun maternal grandfather

dry

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

n papaya

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb be pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

n death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

recognize

burned

sweat

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

separated, be

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter