Mokilese English

noun egg

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

n playing card

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

adj. possible

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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 fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

roof

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

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

will be

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

n batfish

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

young

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs