Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

save

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

sharpen

noun finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

n bluefin tuna

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

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

comb (v)

red ant

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

true

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn