Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun maternal grandfather

noun fan

sea snake

verb press

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

hello

find

they know each other

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

n spear for fishing

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

honey

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

eldest brother

true

sharpening tool

male

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

leech

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

sell

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

separated, be

stop

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll