Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash someone

other person

where

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun priest

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

try

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

n papaya

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bow

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

sell

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

take

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

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

every day

noun maternal uncle

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hut

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet, become

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

hail