Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

dry

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

slow

sharpen

priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kind

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun head

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

son

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

story

noun gecko

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

village

[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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll