Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n surgeon fish

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fourteen

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

other

other person

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun east

louse, head

noun dawn

in morning

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

tired

big

noun heel

salivate

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun fly

n bracelet

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

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

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

arm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n banana

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