Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

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

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

many people

starve

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

salt

child

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

throw

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

put

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

think

verb be pregnant

noun hip

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

have children

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

adj. powerful

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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