Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

pron. ours

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

kind

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

no

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

hello

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

hungry

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hidden, be

take

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

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

virgin

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter