Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

save

n parrotfish

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

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

seven hundred

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

priest

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

yesterday

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

we know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

big

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I have a canoe

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

son

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun pipe

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

sister

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

summer

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll