Mokilese English

trail

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

then

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb remain

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

thirsty, be

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

sit down

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

silent

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

set on fire

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

bat

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

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

n banana

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