Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

in morning

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

third

watch (v)

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

rat

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

say

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eighty

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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