Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

[aɾai] theirs

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

noun fan

noun east

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to force

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

try

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

we know each other

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

honey

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

female

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

heat (v)

noun cave

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn