Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lump

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

sharpen

noun priest

little finger

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

bowstring

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

n papaya

we know each other

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

noun canned milk (store bought)

worm

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

n goatfish

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

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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