Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

sharp

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

sick

noun moon, month

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

find

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

death

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll