Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

n surgeon fish

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

n parrotfish

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

other person

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

lice, body

slow

thumb

noun finger

kind

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

undress

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

yawn

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sell

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll