Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj lumpy

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rainbow

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

watch (v)

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

dirty

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John