Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

bow

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tongue

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

sentence I have a canoe

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

clean

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

freed, be

thigh

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

n batfish

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

brother

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

tear

farmer

verb play

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

n banana

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