Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

dry

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n sweetheart

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

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

undress

tired

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

word

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

n death

eldest sister

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun head

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

clean

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n party (celebration)

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

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll