Mokilese English

noun elected chief

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 mosquito larva

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

n crab

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sit down

green

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

hand

ground

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thief

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun smell

noun foot

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll