Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

rainbow

seventy

flea

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

n spine foot (fish)

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

red ant

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

spear

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

noun fruit

sixty

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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