Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. eleven

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

noun maternal grandfather

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

sneeze

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

verb dry

n playing card

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

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb hold

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

wash clothes

eldest sister

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

hear

copulate (have sex with)

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter