Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to be born

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

slow

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

thirty

push

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly

wash clothes

n bracelet

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun money

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

boiled

left

have children

born, be

that

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n batfish

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

day after tomorrow

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother in law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n banana

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