Mokilese English

noun egg

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

twelve

dry

where

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

wash clothes

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

dirty

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

noun maternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

wet

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll