Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

verb jerk

then

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

noun east

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

they know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

pronoun you (singular)

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

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

sentence I have 2 canoes

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail