Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

nineteen

twelve

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

little finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

second

thousand

noun mosquito larva

mouse

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sky

red ant

n bracelet

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

dirty

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

sister

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun meat

verb play

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

turtle

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll