Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

sneeze

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

they know each other

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 mosquito larva

noun fingernail

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun ground

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

will be

thief

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

summer

raise

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll