Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

mother-in-law

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

verb to be poor

sun

n playing card

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

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

red ant

honey

adj. happy

n death

[men] classifier for people

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

female

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

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

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

hand

wing

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

separated, be

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

sixty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John