Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb remain

sneeze

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun year, age

send

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

n papaya

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thigh

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

paternal aunt

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail