Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb press

flea

sharp

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

skin

black ant (large, stings)

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb hold

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

boiled

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

first

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

story

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll