Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother-in-law

noun fan

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

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

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

noun eat

they know each other

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

noun fist

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

sky

death

eldest brother

frighten

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

hand

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thief

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wet, become

village

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll