Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

verb jerk

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

twelve

other

other person

mother-in-law

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb press

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fingernail

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ocean area very far from reef

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

male

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

boiled

noun north

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

every

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

[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 hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

wing

virgin

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hole

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. wide

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter