Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

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

paternal grandmother

how much

rainbow

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

eldest sister

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

noun canned milk (store bought)

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

noun north

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail