Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

drum

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

cook

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n skipjack (fish)

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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dry

n playing card

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

yesterday

noun smoke

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n papaya

[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

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

kiss

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

verb want

elderly

noun ocean

when

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

noun maternal uncle

adj. wide

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

summer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

feather

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail