Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

other person

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

red ant

noun elbow

bow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden, be

hide

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

tie

arm

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll