Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

drum

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

who

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

rat

n spine foot (fish)

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

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

friend

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

vomit

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pull

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll