Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

other

who

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

no

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

mouse

tired

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

think

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sky

noun hip

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

blind

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

how

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hammock

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

burned

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

every day

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

hut

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

make

village

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll