Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb exchange, to

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

comb (v)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

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

n death

true

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

male

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

worm

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

tie

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

stop

pull

noun fruit