Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

twelve

other

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

send

noun eat

verb exchange, to

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

big

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

raw

young man

worm

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

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

husband

wife

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn