Mokilese English

trail

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

how

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

receive

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

noun gecko

house

hut

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter