Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

elder

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n parrotfish

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

starve

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

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

roof

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry, be

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

tribe

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

noun meat

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

make

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n banana

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