Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

drum

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

vi to force

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

child

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

put

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

sharpening tool

how

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

husband

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

why

hot

heat (v)

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun remain

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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