Mokilese English

noun egg

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

starve

twelve

verb press

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

see

new

verb exchange, to

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

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sniff

n spear for fishing

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

noun money

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun north

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn