Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seventy

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

vi to be born

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

n love

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

noun priest

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

thigh

mud

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll