Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

cook

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

little finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

send

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb be pregnant

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. happy

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

n batfish

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll