Mokilese English

noun egg

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

noun leg

rainbow

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

cook

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun year, age

verb dry

third

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

[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

rat

undress

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hidden, be

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun day

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

stop

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll