Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

nineteen

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hip

scared

eldest sister

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

sister

twenty

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

brother

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

stop

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n banana

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