Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

ninety

wash self

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

sick

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

kiss

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

female

noun monkey

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

verb prepare

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

water

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

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

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

noun day

paternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

raise

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John