Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

push

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

shaman

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

throw

verb exchange, to

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun elbow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

old (person)

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

when

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

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

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal aunt

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have 2 canoes

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll