Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

n lump

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

many people

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

salt

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

n crab

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

thirsty, be

death

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

hidden

v sexually experienced

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

heat (v)

noun cave

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n banana

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