Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

shoulder

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

yawn

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

female

sweet

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb prepare

wife

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

water

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

mud

burned

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

every day

day after tomorrow

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll