Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

what

then

wash hair

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

dry

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

thirty

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

fall

big

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

mad

kiss

[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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

noun monkey

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb be prepared

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun leaf

noun gecko

singer

noun remain

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll