Mokilese English

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

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

wash hair

starve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

trap (v)

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n spine foot (fish)

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

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

adj. happy

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

hide

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John