Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

starve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

be quiet

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

new

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

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 t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

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

[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

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

youngest sister

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

hot

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

wet, become