Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

verb jerk

yes

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

freed, be

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

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

sweat

n tip of penis (slang)

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

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

hear

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll