Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

paternal grandfather

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

bleed

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb remain

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun eat

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun hip

waist

malaria

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

have children

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

young woman

youngest sister

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hand

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

copulate (have sex with)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

summer

noun meat

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail