Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sick

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

skin

noun elbow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

eldest brother

true

male

female

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hot

noun foot

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

n party (celebration)

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

n fashion earrings

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

summer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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