Mokilese English

noun egg

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

where

rainbow

interro. how much

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 press

lice, body

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun hip

red ant

wash clothes

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

n death

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

sweet

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

green

traditional chief

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

husband

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

noun forearm

will be

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

brother in law

sister-in-law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

tree

stop

verb play

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hail