Mokilese English

adv.    now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb    kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb    wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

   lift open

   bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo ]

sentence    the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun    anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    river

Speaker: Danio Poll

   this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num.    fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n    sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

   friend

   wet

   pull in

   push

[ pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo ]

sentence    the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

   snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

   nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

   tusk

   rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun    puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

   ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

   hungry

num.    hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

   brother

[ 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

noun    bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb    go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb    to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

   army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ kʌm ]

n    bear paw clam shell

   sit down

verb, transitive    burn

verb, intransitive    burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj.    long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

   these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ aiʔ ]

noun    mine

noun    house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ pa:t͡ʃ ]

n    a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

   pay

   virgin

   male

   branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

   day after tomorrow

[ lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur ]

n    where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun    bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

num.    four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

   tiger

noun    hip

[ pʷai ]

n    a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

   this

adj.    all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb    need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun    young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

   twin

[ ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl ]

   my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

   find

verb    dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n    playing card

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

   be quiet

[ t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo ]

sentence    the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

   kiss

   mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

   watch (v)

noun    isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

   seven hundred

   starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo ]

sentence    the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun    snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

   brother in law

adj.    frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb    choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj.    small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num.    five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

   strong

   comb (v)

verb    build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

   eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

   water

noun    fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n    stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n    love

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

noun    year, age

verb, intransitive    To be in death agony

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

noun    maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun    old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

   honey

noun    fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun    heel

verb    want

Speaker: Danio Poll

   today

noun    centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

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

adj.    clean

Speaker: Danio Poll