Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

wash clothes

n bracelet

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun monkey

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

n goatfish

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

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

recognize

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

day after tomorrow

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll