Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dry

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

return

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

push

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

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

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

third

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

yawn

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry, be

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tree

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll