Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

verb, transitive break

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

how

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

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

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun foot

day before yesterday

summer

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

turtle

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll