Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

noun east

flea

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

mouse

rat

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. happy

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

lift open

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs