Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

undress

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spear for fishing

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

honey

n death

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

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 smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll