Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

what

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jerk

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

push

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

n papaya

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

salivate

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

this

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breastmilk

male

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

verb want

elderly

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

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 floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

farmer

stop

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll