Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

twelve

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

yesterday

watch (v)

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

female

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

say

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun remain

star

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll