Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb hold

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

thirsty, be

sharpening tool

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

verb prepare

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hand

verb defecate (shit)

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

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll