Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

many people

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun moon, month

never

n sweetheart

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

third

watch (v)

see

second

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sky

noun hip

noun ocean area very far from reef

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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 female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

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

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n fashion earrings

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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