Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

nineteen

mother-in-law

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

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

noun fingernail

skin

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

verb smell

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

have children

clean

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll