Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

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

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n parrotfish

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

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

child

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun smoke

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

throw

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

frighten

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun head

hungry, be

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb dream of (something)

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

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

tie

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

sister

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll