Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

noun leg

twelve

other

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

throw

fall

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

true

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

pain

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun foot

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

paternal aunt

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll