Mokilese English

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun priest

n bluefin tuna

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

push

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

noun hip

n crab

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

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

n death

eldest sister

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

ocean

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

n goatfish

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

noun puddle

hat

obey

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun full moon

noun knee

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

separated, be

raise

house

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson