Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

n surgeon fish

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

wash hair

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

sea snake

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice, body

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

n love

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

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exchange, to

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

undress

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

female

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

old (person)

ocean

when

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

left

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

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

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

hat

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun pond

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

say

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn