Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

drum

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

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

sea snake

seventy

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

return

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

be quiet

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

send

n steel drum

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

undress

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun fist

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

sweet

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun north

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister-in-law

brother

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pull