Mokilese English

noun egg

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

sharp

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

shaman

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

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

skin

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

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

noun fly

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sell

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

defecate (shit)

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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