Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

many people

wash someone

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

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

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar