Mokilese English

noun egg

sentence why are you here

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

cook

vi to force

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

n love

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n bluefin tuna

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

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

noun eat

watch (v)

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rat

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

noun hip

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

clean

that

hidden

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pipe

hammock

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

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

say

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fashion earrings

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

feather

hail