Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

save

wash hair

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

mother-in-law

sharp

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

male

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

husband

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun green coconut

sand

arm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

raise

stop

star

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll