Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

n parrotfish

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

ninety

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

verb to be poor

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smoke

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

put

mouse

rat

noun fingernail

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

salivate

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

think

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. happy

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

leech

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

tribe

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

adj. thin

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hail