Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bleed

vi to force

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

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun elbow

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun ocean

when

noun coconut tree

noun north

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

tie

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. powerful

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun meat

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

village

hail