Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

sea snake

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

cook

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

sick

ill, become

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

noun eat

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

rat

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

[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

noun fly

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

take

n goatfish

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

broken

son-in-law

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. powerful

story

tear

singer

tree

twin

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn