Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

pron. ours

n surgeon fish

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to be poor

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

find

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

rat

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

verb, transitive break

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

wash clothes

n spear for fishing

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

thirsty, be

this

[mɔn] your

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

hungry, be

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n fashion earrings

noun gecko

tree

summer

raise

noun remain

star

hut

vomit

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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