Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

how much

who

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

spear

malaria

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun head

leech

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

have children

clean

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

noun fishing pole

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vomit

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter