Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

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

seven hundred

ripe

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

n sweetheart

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun heel

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

red ant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

spear

adj. happy

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll