Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun dawn

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

black ant (large, stings)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

tongue

adj. pregnant

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry, be

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hide

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

wing

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

young

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll