Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

put

rat

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

salivate

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun forearm

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

noun smell

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

brother in law

sister-in-law

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

summer

vomit

blue

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson