Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

adj lumpy

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

verb exchange, to

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

verb smell

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

water

noun forearm

hand

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

farmer

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet