Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

noun fan

cook

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun priest

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

black ant (large, stings)

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun ocean area very far from reef

eldest brother

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

every

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

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

why

noun cave

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

tree

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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