Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

which

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

cook

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb hold

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

wash clothes

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

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 boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun meat

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll