Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

priest

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

feed

second

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

elderly

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

water

river

tie

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

heat (v)

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

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll