Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

seven hundred

lice, body

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

see

tired

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

honey

eldest sister

noun canned milk (store bought)

worm

ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

sell

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

paternal aunt

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fruit

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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