Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

drum

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in morning

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

throw

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

green

have

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

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

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

v sexually experienced

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

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 nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

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

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

sister

twenty

sister-in-law

fly (v)

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter