Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

how much

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

undress

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

hungry

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

boiled

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

river

recognize

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister-in-law

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

noun remain

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter