Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

wash hair

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

sneeze

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

hut

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

lift open