Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

sea snake

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

leech

verb want

old (person)

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

hidden

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun foot

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

farmer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb play

twin

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson