Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun egg

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

no

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun fingernail

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

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

waist

n spear for fishing

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

worm

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb prepare

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

young

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. thin

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs