Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

trail

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun fan

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

vi to be born

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bracelet

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

broken

every

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

blue

west

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll