Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

bleed

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

salt

verb remain

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

rat

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

n death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

have children

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

sand

water

verb escape

arm

hand

recognize

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

noun maternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail