Mokilese English

trail

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

[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

no

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

third

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

waist

death

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb prepare

verb be prepared

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

twin

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll