Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven hundred

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

female

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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 hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

sand

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

ground

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

singer

tree

star

house

twin

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John