Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

other person

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

seven hundred

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

we know each other

mouse

tired

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

eldest brother

sharpening tool

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

arm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

day before yesterday

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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