Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

yesterday

new

second

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

rich

salivate

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

n bracelet

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

husband

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

twin

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll