Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

no

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

ill, become

try

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

sand

water

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

shell

day before yesterday

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll