Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

rainbow

ripe

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

feed

watch (v)

throw

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

tongue

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest brother

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

born, be

that

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thigh

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

shell

v to be broken or deflowered

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll