Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

who

sad

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb, transitive break

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

tongue

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

n bracelet

spear

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

every

noun puddle

young woman

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

hole

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

n fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

raise

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

blue

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll