Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb jerk

then

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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, body

sharp

noun dawn

trap (v)

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb to be poor

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

true

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

every

noun puddle

son-in-law

young woman

noun green coconut

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll