Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

dry

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

cook

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

smooth

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

why

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

noun full moon

day after tomorrow

sister

twenty

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun fruit

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll