Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

noun east

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

priest

noun priest

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

yesterday

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

they know each other

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb be pregnant

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

verb want

have

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

ground

virgin

will be

why

thief

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

house

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll