Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice, body

louse, head

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

salt

sneeze

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

they know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

n spine foot (fish)

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

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

malaria

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

sweet

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] 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

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

tie

defecate (shit)

recognize

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

understand

turtle

wet, become

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter