Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ill, become

noun year, age

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

new

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

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

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

n spear for fishing

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

death

n death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

raw

worm

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull in

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

noun fruit

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter