Mokilese English

trail

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

how much

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

throw

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

they know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun heel

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishnet

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

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

son-in-law

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun smell

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun day

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

adj. thin

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

tree

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll