Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

sharp

who

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

vi to be born

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

sentence I have a canoe

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

wife

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

recognize

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

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

eighty

west

understand

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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