Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

n parrotfish

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

ninety

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

rainbow

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

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

bleed

n love

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

child

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

fall

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

honey

thirsty, be

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John