Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

many people

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

paternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

seventy

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharp

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

verb to be poor

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

find

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun cloud

verb hold

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

wash clothes

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

clean

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

hand

wing

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

burned

[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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

strong

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

separated, be