Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

yes

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

sad

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb remain

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun year, age

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

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

skin

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

widow

sniff

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

this

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

left

son

born, be

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

husband

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

why

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter