Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

paternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

vi to be born

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

waist

malaria

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

son-in-law

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

sister-in-law

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

wet

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter