Mokilese English

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to be born

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

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

they know each other

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

red ant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

left

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb dream of (something)

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 spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweat

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

summer

star

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John