Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kind

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

thirty

bowstring

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

worm

verb want

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

son-in-law

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

urinate (piss)

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

paternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

verb play

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fruit

sixty

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll