Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

adj lumpy

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

many people

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yes

other person

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun year, age

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hole

every day

today

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leaf

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll