Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

other person

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

little finger

sneeze

thirty

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

watch (v)

find

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

arm

noun forearm

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

will be

say

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

adj. powerful

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

verb play

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail