Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n steel drum

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

rat

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[men] classifier for people

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

waterfall

noun gecko

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

eighty

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll