Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

sea snake

flea

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

vi to force

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

find

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. happy

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

hungry, be

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave 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

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

tie

why

mud

noun foot

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sixty

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail