Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

see

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tusk

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

blind

malaria

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

hungry, be

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

hand

wing

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun day

day before yesterday

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll