Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

noun maternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

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

in morning

bleed

vi to force

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

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

adj. pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

red ant

death

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

hot

heat (v)

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

brother in law

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll