Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

wash self

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

seventy

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

kind

push

bowstring

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

salivate

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mad

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

old

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green coconut

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

say

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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