Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

other person

mother-in-law

verb press

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

bowstring

verb to be poor

sun

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

yesterday

noun eat

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun intestines

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

have children

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

copulate (have sex with)

n fashion earrings

farmer

star

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John