Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

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

verb dry

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

put

black ant (large, stings)

noun elbow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

this

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun pond

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

paternal aunt

brother

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

noun gecko

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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