Mokilese English

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun dawn

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[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

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

receive

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

brother in law

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

turtle

feather

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll