Mokilese English

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

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

drum

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

trap (v)

little finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

bowstring

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

we know each other

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun heel

noun elbow

bow

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kiss

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

spear

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

green

silent

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun smell

noun full moon

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

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn