Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

vi to force

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

weak

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tired

verb, transitive break

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

pull open

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

adj. powerful

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

wet, become

make

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn