Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

what

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

where

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

no

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

new

second

verb exchange, to

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

[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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

red ant

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

raw

sweet

worm

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

broken

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

hole

noun full moon

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll