Mokilese English

trail

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

starve

sea snake

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

yesterday

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

this

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

verb want

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb escape

wing

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

why

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar