Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

yes

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

rainbow

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

n love

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

thirty

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

shaman

n steel drum

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

feed

thousand

they know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

pain

old

noun head

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun pipe

young woman

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

tribe

noun foot

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

raise

stop

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John