Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

n sweetheart

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

rat

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

undress

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

honey

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

obey

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

thief

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

wet, become

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson