Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

then

wash someone

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun moon, month

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

widow

kiss

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

silent

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter