Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

old

young man

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun pond

dirty

freed, be

arm

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

farmer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll