Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun east

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

n papaya

mouse

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

think

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

malaria

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun canned milk (store bought)

young man

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snore

born, be

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

take

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

copulate (have sex with)

tree

noun meat

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn