Mokilese English

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seventy

lice, body

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

red ant

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sky

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

thirsty, be

death

eldest sister

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

noun north

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

v sexually experienced

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

young

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

separated, be

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty