Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

sentence why are you here

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

drum

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

kind

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[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

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

feed

watch (v)

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

rat

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

death

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

clean

that

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

every

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar