Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun elected chief

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ninety

wash hair

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

verb, transitive break

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun breastmilk

male

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

take

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

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

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter