Mokilese English

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

pron. ours

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandfather

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun finger

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

twist open

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

fall

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun fishing pole

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

noun knee

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar