Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

sea snake

noun east

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

see

find

verb exchange, to

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

n papaya

put

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

n spear for fishing

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

adj. happy

[men] classifier for people

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

receive

take

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest brother

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

friend

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

mud

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. thin

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n banana

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