Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ninety

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

paternal grandmother

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb press

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fall

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

hide

pull in

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

freed, be

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll