Mokilese English

noun egg

[amai] yours (plural)

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twelve

other person

paternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

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

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

sad

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

n love

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n playing card

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun heel

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

blind

this

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

verb want

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

separated, be

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

make

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn