Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fall

red ant

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drunk, get

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun pond

river

recognize

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

day after tomorrow

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar