Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

shoulder

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

sneeze

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

second

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly

scared

blind

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

[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

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

today

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John