Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

noun leg

dry

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

no

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

yawn

true

[men] classifier for people

sharpening tool

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

sister

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

sentence I have 2 canoes

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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