Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lump

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

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun maternal grandfather

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elbow

salivate

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

widow

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

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

true

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

ground

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

summer

blue

eighty

west

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter