Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

adj lumpy

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

throw

they know each other

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

sit down

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

set on fire

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

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

turtle

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll