Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash self

noun leg

twelve

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb remain

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

rich

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

scared

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

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

wife

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

young woman

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

freed, be

wing

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

noun remain

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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