Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

n bluefin tuna

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

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

new

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

salivate

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

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

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

scared

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

sit down

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

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

son-in-law

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail