Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

noun leg

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n love

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb remain

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n playing card

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

mouse

red ant

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

frighten

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

why

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun cave

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun day

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

separated, be

tree

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail