Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

kind

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

be quiet

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

honey

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

hot

noun cave

noun knee

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

tree

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

make

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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: Stuart Mongs

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter