Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

tiger

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

verb jerk

noun leg

other person

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

we know each other

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

noun fingernail

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

spear

thirsty, be

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drunk, get

noun north

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

thigh

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll