Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

sharp

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

sneeze

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

yesterday

find

new

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

salivate

noun cloud

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

sentence I have a canoe

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

hungry, be

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll