Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun elected chief

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to force

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

vi to be born

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

they know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun elbow

bow

rich

noun cloud

verb hold

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

hungry

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the 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

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

freed, be

ground

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull open

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

vomit

eighty

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll