Mokilese English

noun egg

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

what

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

sharp

vi to be born

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

n love

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

verb remain

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

no

cry

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

fall

roof

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

rich

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[men] classifier for people

frighten

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

worm

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

take

verb, transitive burn

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun pond

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

tribe

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knee

young

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. wide

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

story

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet, become

make

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll