Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

seventy

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

verb to be poor

find

second

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

traditional chief

drunk, get

boiled

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun day

noun maternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll