Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

then

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

paternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun fan

rainbow

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

sharpen

noun finger

weak

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

shaman

noun year, age

send

n steel drum

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

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

n crab

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

thirsty, be

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

worm

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

wild boar

urinate (piss)

noun forearm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

separated, be

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

twin

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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