Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

starve

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

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

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

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

sweet

noun intestines

hungry

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

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

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

hear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

n banana

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