Mokilese English

noun egg

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

adj lumpy

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun east

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

n love

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

n death

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

husband

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

verb escape

arm

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

day after tomorrow

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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