Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

seventy

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

send

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

n spear for fishing

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

noun monkey

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

son

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

wife

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

ground

tribe

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

singer

tree

house

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail