Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

return

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

push

bowstring

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

never

n steel drum

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

yawn

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun forearm

wing

thigh

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hot

young

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

brother

copulate (have sex with)

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

hut

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

understand

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail