Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

noun fan

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

ill, become

shaman

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

yesterday

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skin

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

scared

this

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

pain

leech

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter