Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

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

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun dawn

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

kind

verb remain

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

cry

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

see

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. happy

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

born, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

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

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

thigh

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet