Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

wash hair

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

seven hundred

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

slow

priest

trap (v)

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0,
via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb dry

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

noun heel

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

red ant

wash clothes

n crab

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

n death

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

sell

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

son-in-law

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

noun pond

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

burned

tribe

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fly (v)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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