Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

what

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

slow

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

kind

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cry

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n papaya

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n unidentified fish species

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

red ant

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

smooth

noun monkey

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

wife

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll