Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

bowstring

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n sweetheart

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

hello

noun smoke

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun cloud

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

mad

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

[men] classifier for people

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

pain

old

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sell

that

take

set on fire

verb be prepared

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun pipe

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll