Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

seven hundred

flea

sad

sharpen

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun mosquito larva

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

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

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sand

dirty

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

understand

turtle

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson