Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

wash self

wash hair

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

pronoun you (two)

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

twist open

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

n bracelet

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun intestines

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

broken

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

house

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson