Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

n sweetheart

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

noun smoke

noun eat

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

big

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

eldest brother

how

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

raw

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

take

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

feather

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll