Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dry

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

sharp

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

yesterday

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

tusk

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

husband

wife

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

ground

recognize

friend

will be

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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