Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

n surgeon fish

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

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

where

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

twist open

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

pain

old

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

take

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

youngest sister

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thief

burned

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweat

n batfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb play

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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