Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

tiger

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

louse, head

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they 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

[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

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

ocean

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

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 eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

young

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

raise

star

twin

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather