Mokilese English

noun elected chief

tiger

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

noun leg

nineteen

seven hundred

ripe

flea

lice, body

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

put

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

yawn

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

sharpening tool

female

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

hungry, be

hungry

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sell

take

pull in

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

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

separated, be

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter