Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

what

many people

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

yes

noun fan

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun dawn

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

throw

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb hold

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

spear

n spear for fishing

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

born, be

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

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

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

hat

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun leaf

separated, be

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

understand

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll