Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun fan

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb remain

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

n bracelet

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

female

how

raw

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb, transitive burn

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

noun pond

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

summer

stop

verb play

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn