Mokilese English

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

maternal grandmother

lice, body

louse, head

sharp

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

send

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rich

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

pain

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb, transitive burn

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

recognize

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll