Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

drum

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

salt

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

cry

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun smoke

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

sweat

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

star

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

feather

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll