Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

seven hundred

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

vi to be born

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

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

second

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

word

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry, be

sit down

old (person)

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest brother

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

heat (v)

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll