Mokilese English

noun egg

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

how much

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb dry

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

sit down

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

take

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

eyebrow

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

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

defecate (shit)

thigh

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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 smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

sister

sister-in-law

adj. thin

brother

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll