Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

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

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n steel drum

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

hello

n papaya

skin

tired

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

young man

worm

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

young woman

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

friend

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day before yesterday

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

noun gecko

hut

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll