Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

dry

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

n papaya

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

tusk

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

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

waist

n bracelet

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

leech

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

there

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

twenty

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson