Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

air

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

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n love

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

throw

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun elbow

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

set on fire

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 spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

hammock

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

noun full moon

every day

pull open

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn