Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

drum

then

yes

noun maternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

thousand

mouse

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

hungry, be

noun money

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n goatfish

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

brother in law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson