Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

adj lumpy

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

many people

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun mosquito larva

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

yawn

thirsty, be

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

born, be

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll