Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

slow

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cry

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

that

hide

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 sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

wet, become

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll