Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

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

verb press

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

waist

yawn

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

n death

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

silent

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

noun green coconut

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

heat (v)

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

paternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

pull open

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs