Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

n lump

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

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

yes

other

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

put

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

think

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

death

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

ocean

when

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did 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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

hide

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

arm

wing

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

twenty

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

noun gecko

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll