Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

trail

shoulder

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

adj lumpy

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

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

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

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

virgin

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

turtle

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll