Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

sad

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

red ant

waist

n crab

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

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

verb, transitive burn

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

verb escape

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day before yesterday

paternal aunt

adj. thin

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. powerful

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

vomit

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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