Mokilese English

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

louse, head

noun dawn

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

rat

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

sky

noun fly

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

summer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

twin

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

sixty

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll