Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

in morning

vi to force

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun year, age

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

noun heel

bow

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun puddle

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

will be

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll