Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun cloud

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb prepare

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

virgin

friend

will be

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

noun cave

n batfish

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

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hail

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll