Mokilese English

spit (v)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

save

n parrotfish

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

pay

noun leg

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to force

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

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

bow

salivate

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

eldest brother

eldest sister

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

pain

worm

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

dirty

verb escape

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun fishing pole

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

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn