Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

noun leg

other

seven hundred

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

third

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

put

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

rich

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

recognize

virgin

why

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

n fashion earrings

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

turtle

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail