Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

second

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

noun fingernail

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

verb be pregnant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

sand

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wing

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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