Mokilese English

noun egg

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

wash self

wash someone

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

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

send

n playing card

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

adj. possible

noun smoke

twist open

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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