Mokilese English

noun egg

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

other

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

never

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

third

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

red ant

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

true

sentence I have a canoe

frighten

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

twenty

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

strong

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John