Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

pay

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

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fist

word

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

n bracelet

yawn

scared

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

defecate (shit)

ground

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail