Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

who

noun dawn

noun priest

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

put

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spear

n spear for fishing

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden, be

hide

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

tie

arm

burned

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day after tomorrow

today

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

tree

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll