Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb jerk

wash someone

noun leg

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

cry

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

we know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

rich

[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 sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

red ant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

malaria

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

left

hidden

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun green coconut

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

summer

noun meat

stop

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson