Mokilese English

noun egg

sentence why are you here

spit (v)

many people

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

noun dawn

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun priest

noun finger

salt

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

honey

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John