Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seventy

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

shaman

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

young man

noun ocean

ocean

silent

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

today

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

vomit

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll