Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

spit (v)

noun elected chief

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

flea

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

sneeze

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shaman

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

skin

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb hide

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

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest sister

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

arm

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson