Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

which

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to be poor

cry

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exchange, to

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sky

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

there

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun green coconut

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

first

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

understand

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll