Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

where

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

vi to force

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

see

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

waist

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

noun money

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smell

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll