Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

sad

trap (v)

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

tusk

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

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

[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

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll