Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

in morning

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cry

sun

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

adj. skillful

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

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

mouse

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kiss

[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

noun fly

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

pain

old

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb be prepared

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

recognize

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 fishing pole

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

make

n banana

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