Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

ripe

sharp

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

trap (v)

little finger

return

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[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

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

throw

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

honey

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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 cave

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail