Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash hair

other person

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[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

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun smoke

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun fingernail

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun fly

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

receive

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll