Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

sad

slow

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

send

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

new

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

spear

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

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

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun remain

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail