Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

n parrotfish

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

ninety

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

maternal grandmother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

put

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mud

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

summer

raise

star

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll