Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

n steel drum

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

arm

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

hear

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet, become

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs