Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

nineteen

mother-in-law

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

in morning

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

see

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

red ant

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

adj. happy

eldest brother

[men] classifier for people

sharpening tool

frighten

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry, be

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

traditional chief

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

virgin

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

every day

adj. wide

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

waterfall

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar