Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

noun maternal grandfather

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

bleed

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

no

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

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun elbow

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. happy

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun monkey

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

receive

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

noun puddle

husband

son-in-law

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

noun fishing pole

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

noun cave

n Kind of jellyfish

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

young

day before yesterday

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs