Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

save

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother-in-law

seven hundred

ripe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun priest

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

be quiet

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

n bracelet

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

born, be

sell

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun fruit

west

turtle

feather

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll