Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

elder

tiger

n lump

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

verb prepare

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thief

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

today

v to try to break or deflower

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

twenty

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs