Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

save

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

little finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

sun

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

n crab

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

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

dirty

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

burned

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

singer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

twin

noun fruit

wet

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John