Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

trail

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

louse, head

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son

born, be

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun meat

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hail