Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

nineteen

noun fan

rainbow

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

kind

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

child

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

male

how

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

hand

wing

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun fishing pole

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

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

sister

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fly (v)

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

feather

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail