Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

paternal grandmother

verb press

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

little finger

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

obey

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

friend

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

twin

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John