Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

many people

save

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

seven hundred

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

yawn

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

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

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

pull in

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sand

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fashion earrings

separated, be

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll