Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

[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

no

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb dry

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

honey

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

pain

raw

noun money

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

left

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

free

urinate (piss)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hole

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

blue

eighty

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll