Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

elder

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skin

undress

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun hip

n bracelet

n crab

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

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun day

every day

paternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson