Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash hair

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

flea

in morning

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

little finger

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n sweetheart

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

ground

heat (v)

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

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

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

noun day

day after tomorrow

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll