Mokilese English

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

nineteen

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

rainbow

noun east

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun priest

noun finger

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

hello

third

noun smoke

new

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fingernail

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

malaria

eldest sister

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun intestines

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

born, be

sell

receive

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

noun knee

shell

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

paternal uncle

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

lift open