Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

drum

verb jerk

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n steel drum

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

adj. possible

[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

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

friend

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll