Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

ninety

maternal grandmother

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

little finger

weak

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

try

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

noun breastmilk

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail