Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

wash hair

other person

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

salt

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

lift open