Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb jerk

noun fan

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

push

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

never

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

noun eat

twist open

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

tongue

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[men] classifier for people

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hidden, be

hide

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cave

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

twenty

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

separated, be

noun meat

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vomit

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

noun fruit

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll