Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

elder

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash self

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

louse, head

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to be born

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

push

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fingernail

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

tired

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rich

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

malaria

honey

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

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

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

sister-in-law

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll