Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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 people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

twelve

paternal grandfather

noun east

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sky

waist

n crab

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

scared

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

death

eldest brother

eldest sister

[mɔn] your

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

hidden

v sexually experienced

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

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

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

burned

[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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

raise

twin

vomit

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll