Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

n surgeon fish

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

ninety

pay

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n love

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

sharpen

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

twist open

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

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

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

shell

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn