Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

verb jerk

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

send

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

sharpening tool

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

n goatfish

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

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb escape

ground

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar