Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

pron. ours

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

other person

mother-in-law

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

rainbow

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

sneeze

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

bowstring

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

n sweetheart

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

throw

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

salivate

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. thin

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun remain

star

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson