Mokilese English

trail

spit (v)

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

twelve

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

priest

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb to be poor

cry

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

they know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

n death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

defecate (shit)

verb swim

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

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll