Mokilese English

trail

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n love

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

never

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

verb be prepared

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

free

tie

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

virgin

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

tribe

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

today

paternal uncle

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll