Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

hello

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

[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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb smell

[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

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

hidden

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

water

noun pond

verb escape

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

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

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

sister

waterfall

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll