Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

n unidentified fish species

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

waist

wash clothes

blind

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun money

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

burned

[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

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

farmer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sixty

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open