Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharp

cook

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

n death

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

how

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

shell

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll