Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

n skipjack (fish)

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

[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

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

feed

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

noun fingernail

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

widow

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

hungry, be

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

born, be

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

freed, be

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun cave

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

vomit

wet, become

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll